Waltz for Monica

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Waltz for Monica
Directed by Per Fly
Produced by Lena Rehnberg
Written by Peter Birro
Starring Edda Magnason
Music by Peter Nordahl
Cinematography Eric Kress
Edited by Åsa Mossberg
Production
company
Film i Väst
StellaNova Film
Distributed by SF
Release dates
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  • 10 August 2013 (2013-08-10) (Way Out West)
  • 13 September 2013 (2013-09-13) (Sweden)
Running time
 111 minutes
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
English

Waltz for Monica (Monica Z) is a 2013 Swedish biographical film directed by Per Fly.[1][2] It is based on the true life and career of singer and actress Monica Zetterlund (Edda Magnason).

Plot

Monica makes it from a telephone operator to a national celebrity. But fame and party life take their toll.

Cast

Reception

Waltz for Monica received generally positive reviews. In Sweden, Kulturnyheterna at SVT gave it a 4 out of 5 and especially praised Magnason's performance.[3] Svenska Dagbladet also praised Magnason's performance, giving the film a 4 out of 6.[4] Moviezine also liked the film, giving it 4 out of 5.[5] Many newspapers rewarded the film with a 4 out of 5, among them Aftonbladet,[6] Expressen,[7] Göteborgsposten,[8] and Metro.[9] However, the film was criticized by documentary filmmaker Tom Alandh, who wrote an article in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter where he objected to the films negative portrayal of Zetterlund's father.[10]

Waltz for Monica has received 11 Guldbagge Award nominations.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album was released on the film by Universal Music charting in various Scandinavian charts, notably Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

Tracklist

  1. "Sakta vi gå genom stan"
  2. "Hit The Road Jack"
  3. "Monica's vals"
  4. "O vad en liten gumma kan gno"
  5. "En gång i Stockholm"
  6. "It Could Happen to You"
  7. "Gröna små äpplen"
  8. "Trubbel"
  9. "Du"
  10. "Bedårande sommarvals"
  11. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
  12. "I New York"
  13. "Monica Z – Svit ur filmen"

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[11] 29
Finnish Albums Chart[12] 50
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 3

References

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  3. ↑ "Som om hon blivit besatt av Monica Zetterlund (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Magnason hittar det rätta djupet (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 12 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Det svänger ordentligt (in Swedish). Moviezine.se.
  6. ↑ De ger Monica Z kött och blod på ett underbart vis (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Edda Magnason imponerar som Monica Zetterlund (in Swedish). Expressen 27 Augusti 2013.
  8. ↑ [1] (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. 13 September 2013.
  9. ↑ [2] (in Swedis). Metro 13 September 2013
  10. ↑ En hygglig människa har svärtats (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 16 September 2013.
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