"You, the Living" is a film about human existence its greatness and inferiority, joy and sorrow, self-confidence, and anxiety. About what we want to laugh about and cry about together. It’s just a simple tragic comedy or a comic tragedy about us.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, 2007
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Roy Andersson
- Screenplay
- Roy Andersson
- Cinematography
- Gustav Danielsson
- Cast
- Jessica Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Bjorn Englund
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director considered one of the most important European film directors. He graduated from the Swedish Film Institute and is best known for „A Swedish Love Story“ (1970) and his "Living trilogy" which includes „Songs from the Second Floor“ (2000), „You, the Living“ (2007) and „A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence“(2014). The last film won the Golden Lion award in Venice International Film Festival. „A Swedish Love story“ and „A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence“ were screened at Scanorama.
