Synopsis

Monica, a young rebellious girl, leaves her small town in Sweden to become a singer. Beautiful and attractive, she makes a successful debut in Stockholm and enjoys her fancy life as a jazz singer in the golden era of jazz. However, the more famous she is, the more she starts to face the gloomy reality hidden behind glamorous success. Her life starts to get unstable, and she begins to rely on alcohol from day to day. One day, she finds herself lying on the ground after an overdose of sleeping pills. Will she ever go back to her normal life? Waltz for Monica is a film based on the true story of Monica Zetterlund, a legendary jazz vocalist in 1960s Sweden. Edda Magnason, a singer, pianist, and composer, acts for the first time in her life and wonderfully plays her part as Monica.

Director

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  • Per Fly
  • Director Per Fly debuted with his three-part work about the middle and lower classes versus the upper classes in Denmark, Bench (2000), which won him the Bodil Award and Robert Award, the highest honors for a Danish director. The sequel Inheritance (2003), focusing on the Danish upper class, became the most viewed film in Denmark. His third film, Murder (2005), also won the Bodil Award and Robert Award.