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Having it all comes at a price
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.
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Edda Magnason Sverrir Gudnason Kjell Bergqvist Vera Vitali Cecilia Ljung Johannes Wanselow Jörgen Thorsson David Hellenius Nadja Christiansson Amelia Fowler Lennart B. Sandelin Sofie Gällerspång Oskar Thunberg Fredrik Lindborg Hanna Ullerstam Hedda Stiernstedt Henrik Ståhl Henrik Kvarnlöt Harry Friedländer Andréa Ager-Hanssen Jonathan Drew
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