You, the Living

You, the Living

2007 · 95 min · SV · NR · 7.1 (216 votes)
Dir. Roy Andersson · Starring Håkan Angser, Eric Bäckman, Patrik Anders Edgren, Björn Englund, Lennart Eriksson, Pär Fredriksson · Music Benny Andersson
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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 (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.

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A whirlwind of fleeting moments and existential musings. This film feels like a jazz riff on life's absurdities, blending melancholic observations with deadpan wit. It's a dizzying, yet strangely resonant, collection of vignettes that leaves you pondering.

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