A Respectable Life

Mar 26, 1979

1h 42m

★ 6.9

Overview

"A Respectable Life" - A decade has gone by and the spirit of the preceding film, Dom kallar oss mods, has disappeared. Kenta is an alcoholic and lives with his girlfriend Eva. Together they have a son, Patric. Kenta's mom is in jail for manslaughter and Kenta goes to Kronoberg to greet her. Heroin also comes to play and Stoffe is one of those who falls victim to it. He lives with his girlfriend Lena and their young son, Janne. Lena later throws Stoffe out their home when she gets enough of his abuse, and he is forced to live with his mother. Kenta calls Stoffe and decides to meet him, and he tries to persuade him to give up heroin, but the two have a falling out and they separate. This film features other users from the previous film, such as Jajje and Kenta Bergkvist. The film ends with the death of a prominent person in the trilogy.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Svenska Filminstitutet

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Cast

Kenta

Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson

Stoffe

Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson

himself

Patric Gustafsson

herself

Eva Blondin

Majken Gustafsson

Lena Löfgren

Jan Löfgren

Himself

Jan 'Jajje' Klingryd

Sven-Åke 'Skåning' Dyhlen

Helena Höglund

Björn Granath

Lis Nilheim

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