If you've see me, you wouldn't think a guy like me would like a film like "My life as a dog". If you know me, you wouldn't think a guy like me would like a film like "My life as a dog". And yet I simply love this film for it is a story that resides close to home, a story of a boy whose relationship with his immediate family is strained and when sent to live with strangers (actually, his aunt and uncle), he ends up bonding with them and the other townspeople.
The reason I love this film is because I have and sometimes still feel like the main boy of the film, Ingemar. When I had first saw this movie, I was having so many problems at home, all I wanted to do was get away from the constant screaming and fighting. After a huge fight and being kicked out of the house, I ended up in a teen shelter with a group of teenagers who I was reluctant to even look at. Only after a couple of days, I bounded with the other teens, becoming closer to them then actual blood relatives. So, being put into a new environment and meeting new people who I bond with? Yeah, feeling a lot like Ingemar over here.
Unlike Ingemar, my ending wasn't so cheerful. I returned home but the wedge between us was and still is growing even wider. Worse, I have no clue what happened to the other kids from the shelter. I think about them every once in a while, especially after watching "My life". I remember telling my roommate at the shelter (after a crying session with another teen there) that to truly understand me, he had to see "My Life as a Dog". I wonder if those kids (who are about my age) ever saw that movie and if so, if they ever thought of me.
Actually, I wonder what the actors from the movie are doing today...
