A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Director Roy Andersson

1 hr. 41 min. · Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, 2014 · Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy · Swedish, English · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

- Nelabai prigirdi jau senukas.

- Ot pasisekė...

Like modern times’ Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Sam and Jonathan, two travelling salesmen peddling novelty items, take us on a kaleidoscopic wandering through human destinies. A trip that shows us the beauty of single moments, the pettiness of others, the humour and tragedy that is in us, life’s grandeur as well as frailty of humanity.

Details

Running time: 1 hr. 41 min.
Country, year: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, 2014
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Comedy
Language: Swedish, English
Subtitles: Lithuanian, English
Age rating: Pegi 13

Credits

Director: Roy Andersson
Screenplay: Roy Andersson
Cinematography: István Borbás, Gergely Pálos
Cast: Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom
More information: www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

Venice Film Festival in competition, Golden Lion award.

Director

Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson was born in 1943 in Göteborg, Sweden. His debut feature, A Swedish Love Story (1970), won four awards at Berlin and was screened in Scanorama. He went on a twenty-five-year hiatus from feature filmmaking after the release of his second film, Giliap (1975), directing commercials and shorts. His recent features are Songs from the Second Floor (2000), which won the Jury Prize at Cannes, and You, the Living (2007), which was presented at Scanorama. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented a retrospective of Andersson’s work in September 2009. Film presented by: