It's Not All Sunshine and Roses
A short indie film
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.
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Johan Rheborg Juha
Fredrik Hallgren Bengt
Jakob Eklund Stefan
Anna Bjelkerud Jenny's mom
Arvin Kananian Mover
Ulla Skoog Physical Education teacher
Leif Edlund Neighbor
Maria Sid Ritva
Cilla Thorell Marianne
Iman Mirbioki Opening night visitor
Ulf Rönnerstrand Handicrafts teacher
Gizem Erdogan Stage technician
Loke Hellberg Young Juha
Klara Zimmergren Teacher
Claudio Salgado Light technician
Adriana Billow Li
Alexander Johansson Young Stefan
Elisabet Xie Jenny
Olle Frelin Lennart
Jan Hermfelt Jenny's dad
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