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You, the Living
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.
2007 · Directed by Roy Andersson · 93 min · Drama · Comedy · Music · 9 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Roy Andersson
- Cinematography: Christian Haag, Fredrik Borg, Gustav Danielsson
- Edited by: Anna Märta Waern, Alexandra Strauss
- Music: Benny Andersson
- Production design: Anna Märta Waern
- Produced by: Pernilla Sandström, Philippe Bober
Cast
- Håkan Angser as The Psychiatrist
- Eric Bäckman as Micke Larsson
- Patrik Anders Edgren as The Professor
- Björn Englund as The Tuba Player
- Lennart Eriksson as The Man on the Balcony
- Pär Fredriksson as The Carpet Dealer
- Elisabeth Helander as Mia
- Gunnar Ivarsson as The Businessman
- Leif Larsson as The Carpenter
- Jessika Lundberg as Anna
Production
- Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden
- Language: Swedish
- Studios: Roy Andersson Filmproduktion, Coproduction Office, Société Parisienne de Production, Thermidor Filmproduktion
- Box office: $1,843,810
- Themes: new love, airplane, jazz, pickpocket, hairdresser, balcony, sweden, beer, musical, man woman relationship
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