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BP215 My Life as a Dog
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Episode 215: My Life as a Dog
Released 9 March 2022
For this episode, we watched My Life as a Dog, based on the novel by Reidar Jönsson, who wrote the screenplay along with Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund and director Lasse Hallström. The cast includes Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Melinda Kinnaman, Anki Lidén. It was nominated for two Academy Awards – Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay – and it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Michael Caine wins his Oscar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuhXv2wBeiQ
- https://englishverse.com/poems/the_retreat
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/mylifeasadognrhinson_a0c973.htm
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