“You, the Living” is a film about human being, his majesty and negligibility, joy and sorrow, selfconfidence and doubts. This is a story about things which make us laugh and cry at the same time. This is a simple tragicomedy or comic tragedy about all the people.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 35 min.
- Country, year
- Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Japan, 2007
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- Swedish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Roy Andersson
- Screenplay
- Roy Andersson
- Producers
- Pernilla Sandström
- Cinematography
- Gustav Danielsson
- Music
- Benny Andersson
- Cast
- Jesicca Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Bjorn Englund
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- nominated for Best Direction
- won Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Direction 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.
