Father to Be
1979 Swedish film
- 1 December 1979 (1979-12-01)
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Father to Be (Swedish: Jag är med barn) is a 1979 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström.[1]
Plot
Bosse (Magnus Härenstam) is a young ad man, fascinated with cinema, with secret dreams of being an author. He meets Lena (Anki Lidén) at a diner, and after a period of dating, she becomes pregnant. Bosse tries to deal with the situation through an imaginary friend (Micha Gabay), an English-speaking American inspired by various tough guys from American genre films, with a knack for impulsive action but little respect for or understanding of fatherhood.
Cast
- Magnus Härenstam as Bosse - De unga älskande
- Anki Lidén as Lena - De unga älskande
- Micha Gabay as Den avskyvärde kompisen
- Lis Nilheim as Sekreterare
- Gösta Engström as Kalle
- Ulf Brunnberg as Björn
- Lars Amble as Åke, reklambyråchef
- Lars Göran Carlsson as Reklamman
- Barbro Hiort af Ornäs as Greta, sjuksyster
- Stig Ossian Ericson as Reklamfilmsregissör
- Gunilla Thunberg as Expedit i bokhandel
- Lillemor Ohlsson as Reklamfilmstjej
- Mats Arehn as Reklamfilmskund
- Lars Lennartsson as Äldre herre på restaurang
- Torbjörn Ehrnvall as Reklamman
- Hans Harnesk as Kille i Victoria-kön
- Jan Halldoff as Kändis som går före i Victoria-kön
- Kerstin Bagge as Tjej i Victoria-kön
- Rune Söderqvist as Reklamman
- Billy Gustavsson as Reklamman
- Tomas Löfdahl as Reklamman
- Arne Andersson as Reklamman
References
- ^ "Jag är med barn (1979)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
External links
- Father to Be at IMDb
- Father to Be at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Lasse Hallström
- A Guy and a Gal (1975)
- ABBA: The Movie (1977)
- Father to Be (1979)
- Tuppen (1981)
- Happy We (1983)
- My Life as a Dog (1985)
- The Children of Noisy Village (1986)
- More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
- Once Around (1991)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
- Something to Talk About (1995)
- The Cider House Rules (1999)
- Chocolat (2000)
- The Shipping News (2001)
- An Unfinished Life (2005)
- Casanova (2005)
- The Hoax (2006)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
- Dear John (2010)
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
- The Hypnotist (2012)
- Safe Haven (2013)
- The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
- A Dog's Purpose (2017)
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
- Hilma (2022)
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