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Seeking Temporary Wife

Seeking Temporary Wife

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Seeking Temporary Wife

2003

1h 33m

4.3(4 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Fredrik is a happy man; he has a girlfriend he loves, a business running smoothely and he is going to be a father. But his happiness proves false. At a party, his girlfriend declares that she will leave him for her true love. Frederik is distraught. But his biological clock has started ticking, and his desire for a child is overwhelming. At an adoption agency he meets Milla, a woman who has also been treated unfairly by love. Could Milla be the answer to Frederik's dream?

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Film i Väst

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Gustaf Hammarsten

Gustaf Hammarsten

Fredrik

Lotta Östlin Stenshäll

Lotta Östlin Stenshäll

Milla

Irina Jonsson

Tanja

Lars Väringer

Lars Väringer

Kjell

Claes Hartelius

Claes Hartelius

Tomme

Lisbeth Johansson

Lisbeth Johansson

Cilla

Sofia Rutberg

Alice

Jan Tiselius

Jan Tiselius

Jan

Birgitta Sundberg

Siri

Anna Ulrika Ericsson

Pia

Creative team

Directed by: Lisa Ohlin
Written by: Mikael Bazorkin
Lisa Ohlin
Produced by: Johan Fälemark
Joakim Hansson

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