A Respectable Life

1979 Swedish film

26 March 1979 (1979-03-26) (Sweden)

Running time

102 minutesCountrySwedenLanguageSwedish

A Respectable Life (Swedish: Ett anständigt liv) is a Swedish documentary film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 March 1979,^[1] directed by Stefan Jarl. The film is the second of the Mods Trilogy by Jarl. At the 15th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director.^[2] It was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]

Synopsis

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 Hinseberg prison 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 of 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.

References

^ "Ett anständigt liv" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 26 March 1979. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "Ett anständigt liv (1979)". Swedish Film Institute. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

A Respectable Life at IMDb
A Respectable Life at the Swedish Film Institute Database

Guldbagge Award for Best Film

1963–1999

The Silence (1963/64)
Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65)
Heja Roland! (1965/66)
Persona (1966/67)
Hugo and Josephine (1967/68)
The White Game (1968/69)
A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70)
The Emigrants (1970/71)
The Apple War (1971/72)
Cries and Whispers (1972/73)
A Handful of Love (1973/74)
The Last Adventure (1974/75)
Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76)
The Man on the Roof (1976/77)
The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78)
A Respectable Life (1978/79)
To Be a Millionaire (1979/80)
Children's Island (1980/81)
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82)
Fanny and Alexander (1982/83)
Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988)
The Miracle in Valby (1989)
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)
House of Angels (1992)
The Slingshot (1993)
A Pizza in Jordbro (1994)
All Things Fair (1995)
Hamsun (1996)
Tic Tac (1997)
Show Me Love (1998)
Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999)

2000–present

Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
As White as in Snow (2001)
Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Evil (2003)
Dalecarlians (2004)
Nina's Journey (2005)
Kidz in da Hood (2006)
You, the Living (2007)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sebbe (2010)
She Monkeys (2011)
Eat Sleep Die (2012)
The Reunion (2013)
Force Majeure (2014)
The Here After (2015)
The Giant (2016)
The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Border (2018)
And Then We Danced (2019)
Run Uje Run (2020)
Clara Sola (2021)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Paradise Is Burning (2023)

v t e Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) No Award (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) No Award (1973) No Award (1974) No Award (1975)
1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) No Award (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) No Award (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015) A Man Called Ove (2016) The Square (2017) Border (2018) And Then We Danced (2019) Charter (2020) Tigers (2021) Boy from Heaven (2022) Opponent (2023)