Leva Livet(2011)

Name: Leva Livet
Director: Tom Alandh
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-01-01
Duration: 79 min
Cast: Tom Alandh, Pia Sjögren, Ann-Marie Sjögren, Jenny Sjögren, Jonas Sjögren

Tom Alandh Pia Sjögren Ann-Marie Sjögren Jenny Sjögren Jonas Sjögren

Ten years after documentary filmmaker Tom Alandh started filming homeless drug addict Pia Sjögren, he makes his third and final film about her. Pia was 14 years old when she started smoking cannabis and using drugs. Then it all happened really fast. The heavier drugs, the men who beat, and years of cold nights in basements and attics. Treatment and punishment. Rehabs and prisons. Relapse. Constantly back, at the complete bottom, among shame and guilt. For ten years, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson documented Pia's life. Two films were made, this is the third and last film, which shows how she managed to get clean against all odds.