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You, the Living (Swedish: Du levande) is a 2007 Swedish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. The film is an exploration of the "grandeur of existence", [3] centered on the lives of a group of individuals, such as an overweight woman, a disgruntled psychiatrist, a heartbroken groupie, a carpenter, a business consultant ...
May 24, 2007 · Based on the Old Norse proverb "Man is man's delight," taken from the medieval poem Hávamál, the second chapter of Roy Andersson’s “human trilogy” is a tragicomic exploration of the grandeur of existence.
- 94 min
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- slojinksi2
Sep 21, 2007 · You, the Living: Directed by Roy Andersson. With Elisabeth Helander, Jörgen Nohall, Jan Wikbladh, Björn Englund. You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Roy Andersson
- 2007-09-21
Jul 13, 2009 · "YOU, THE LIVING is about the human being, about her greatness and her miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her self-confidence and anxiety. A being at whom we...
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- PalisadesTartan
Composed of humorous sketches of human behavior, Roy Andersson's You, the Living is an eccentric but highly entertaining and unforgettable work. Read Critics Reviews
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- Jessica Lundberg
- Roy Andersson
- Eurimages Fund of The Council of Europe
A series of vignettes present a disparate crew of characters: a stout depressive and her long-suffering husband; a young girl with an unrequited crush on a rock musician; a barber taking sweet revenge on a racist customer; couples with too much to say, or too little; and a diligent tuba player…
A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) 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.
