My Life as a Comedian

My Life as a Comedian

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 11, 2019

Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.

My Life as a Comedian

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 11, 2019

My Life as a Comedian
Juha, 12, class clown in the suburb of Sävbyholm, Sweden. To be funny is the only thing he is good at and all he wants is to fit in the social peckingorder at school. When Juha as an adult performs the show – My Life As A Comedian- to sold out theatres and tells the horrid and funny stories from his childhood to the audience he gets an unexpected visit from an old friend from school which makes him return to Sävbyholm and deal with his past.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Film i Väst, SVT, Svensk Filmindustri, Anagram Film, Belga Productions
Original title En komikers uppväxt
Directors Rojda Sekersöz
Writers Jonas Gardell

Cast

Fredrik Hallgren

as Bengt

Jakob Eklund

as Stefan

Johan Rheborg

as Juha

Anna Bjelkerud

as Jenny's mom

Arvin Kananian

as Mover

Ulla Skoog

as Physical Education teacher

Leif Edlund

as Neighbor

Maria Sid

as Ritva

Cilla Thorell

as Marianne

Iman Mirbioki

as Opening night visitor

Ulf Rönnerstrand

as Handicrafts teacher

Gizem Erdogan

as Stage technician

Loke Hellberg

as Young Juha

Klara Zimmergren

as Teacher

Claudio Salgado

as Light technician

Pär Brundin

as Håkan

Alexander Johansson

as Young Stefan

Elisabet Xie

as Jenny

Olle Frelin

as Lennart

Jan Hermfelt

as Jenny's dad

Kerstin Gandler

as Thomas mom

Teo Dellback

as Thomas

Josephine Fridell

as Marianne

Hannes Jernberg

as Simon

Villiam Hellman

as Erik

Rebecca Winsnes

as Eva-Lena

Allan Antilla

as Sound technician

Lennart Eriksson

as Stickan

Kristina Issa

as Mom in playground

Ylva Olaison

as Stefan's mom

Nathan Clark

as Roy

Tuva Brandberg

as Charlotte

Ayda Erekin

as Kid in playground

Jonathan Wiking

as Audience member (uncredited)