Once in a Lifetime
2000 · 108 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 2,466 VOTES · DIR. Susanne Bier
Overview
Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.
Dialogue Timeline — 944 lines
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00:00:16 It's so damn unfair. -What do you want?
00:04:35 A paraplegic? -Yes. Sorry.
00:10:21 What jobs can't you do? -I made a list.
00:15:40 and everytime you smile...
00:20:28 I'll send it to her, from The Cardigans.
00:23:45 Be faithful only to me like I am to you
00:27:22 You are who you are. I don't know...
00:32:22 No... -It's true. -You're kidding. -It's true.
00:36:49 There's so much fakery and lies in this business.
00:39:55 Jeans and a faded T-shirt with a hospital logo?
00:44:00 Where do you work? -I'm unemployed. -Unemployed?
00:48:07 "Close your eyes and he'll go away."
00:51:38 Hi. Did you say something? -I'm Mona Berglund.
00:56:06 Times two.
01:00:20 You're just a little tense and nervous.
01:04:09 Of course we can't play the song
01:07:53 The boy with cerebral palsy? Dammit!
01:11:16 It will be all over.
01:18:32 Scream, scream until you're empty.
01:21:58 Thank you. It's working.
01:26:45 The hell I won't!
01:31:50 What's going on?
01:35:46 and if you walk away I'll understand.
10:00:05 of winning? Do you understand?