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You, the Living
Presented in association with 98.1 Classical KING FM
Only the fourth feature from the great Swedish auteur Roy Andersson (
Songs from the Second Floor),
You, the Living is, like its award-winning predecessor, comprised of a series of meticulously wrought tableaux that illustrate the human condition. Both comic and sad, it’s above all a film about the vulnerability of human beings. The characters represent different facets of human existence. They face problems, large and small, that range from issues of day-to-day survival to the big philosophical questions.
Linked by recurring lines of dialogue and situations, the tableaux show misunderstandings and mistakes, dreams and desires, unfolding in a world that’s frequently absurd and unsympathetic. Andersson has described the film as a “mosaic of human destinies” on the theme of “how to behave around others.” Defying conventional cinematic narrative structures and playing out in Andersson’s inimitable film language,
You, the Living shows that life is complicated for everyone and that humor and music are saving graces.
Cast & Crew
Director: Roy Andersson
Producer: Roy Andersson, Pernilla Sandström, Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian, Carsten Brandt, Hakon Overas
Editor: Anna Marta Waern
Screenwriter: Roy Andersson
Cinematographer: Gustav Danielsson
Awards: Official Oscar Submission 2007 (Best Foreign Language Film)
Gothenburg Film Festival 2008 (Audience
Music: Robert Hefter
Principal Cast: Bjorn Englund, Jessika Lundberg, Elisabet Helander, Leif Larsson, Ollie Olson
Filmography: Songs From the Second Floor (2000); Giliap (1985); A Swedish Love Story (1970)
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