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You, the Living (2007)

You, the Living (2007)

Drama Comedy Music
Release Date: 2007, September 21
Directors: Roy Andersson
Countries: Germany, Denmark, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden
Production: Roy Andersson Filmproduktion, Coproduction Office, Société Parisienne de Production, Thermidor Filmproduktion, 4 1/2, SVT, ARTE France Cinéma, stylejam, WDR/Arte
Cast: Göran Holm, Waldemar Nowak, Lennart Eriksson, Patrik Anders Edgren, Håkan Angser, Eric Bäckman, Björn Englund, Pär Fredriksson, Elisabeth Helander, Gunnar Ivarsson, Leif Larsson, Jessika Lundberg

Overview:

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

Keywords:

musical airplane jazz alienation storm pickpocket sweden school life psychiatrist man woman relationship anarchic comedy hairdresser little boy blue sky new love beer partnership balcony