You, the Living
Du levande
Germany, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
2007
95 Min
Color
1.66:1
Swedish
Synopsis
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 want to laugh and also cry for. It is simply a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy about us. —Cannes Film Festival
Director
Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and Felliniesque grotesque. He has spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films, but only directing four feature-length films in three decades. His latest film is You, the Living from 2007. —Wikipedia
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soiwaswrong
1Dec11
My second Andersson film!!! He attacks certain issues in life very lightly; first scenes your about to cry but all of a sudden everything changes and it makes you laugh!! It's like watching Bergman (maybe because of certain questions about life) but on a dark and comedic way....
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By Jeremy Moss on February 23, 2010
This absurdist pastiche of mostly static camera single takes and ubiquitous pastel blues and greens is an amalgam of Buñuel and Monty Python … with a bit of Bergman’s The Silence and some Fellini too… read review
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6mins into You, the Living and am in tears from laughing
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