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You, the Living

Du levande

Germany, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden

2007

95 Min
Color
1.66:1
Swedish
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DIR Roy Andersson

PROD Pernilla Sandström

SCR Roy Andersson

DP Gustav Danielsson

CAST Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund, Leif Larsson, Olle Olson, Birgitta Persson, Kemal Sener, Håkan Angser, Rolf Engström, Gunnar Ivarsson, Eric Bäckman, Patrik Anders Edgren, Lennart Eriksson, Pär Fredriksson, Jessica Nilsson, Jörgen Nohall, Waldemar Nowak, Jan Wikbladh, Bengt C.W. Carlsson

ED Anna Märta Waern

MUSIC Benny Andersson

SOUND Jan Alvemark

Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Toronto (Visions), London (Film on the Square), Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), Rotterdam (Kings & Aces), San Francisco (World Cinema), São Paulo

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

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Roy Andersson

ROY ANDERSSON (born 1943) started his film career with short films „Visiting Your Son” (1967) and „Getting the Bike” (1968). You will see both of them also in Sleepwalkers. Andersson’s first feature was „A Swedish Love Story” (1970), where the young Andersson gave a deep look into the world of love. This film won in Berlinale four prizes and was very successful amongst the audience. His next film „Gilliap” (1976) was black comedy with a very serious style. After that Andersson quit with films and made only advertisements.

In 1981 Andersson created his own company and explained that he wanted to be free in his creation. After that he made many very special and successful ads, which won all together eight Golden Lions in Cannes.

In 1987 he made a short film about AIDS „Something Happened”. This film was supposed to be shown in Swedish schools, but was denied, as it was too shocking.

In his next film „World of Glory” (1991) Andersson went even futher with his serious… read more

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Rafael Ramz R

29Dec12

Wonderful style !

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bennievermeer

30May12

Reviewing Roy Andersson's 'You, the Living' inevitably means comparing it to his previous masterpiece 'Songs from the Second Floor'. To a large extent they are companion pieces, both in the same formalist style of carefully constructed and loosely interconnected tableaux, and both sharing the same absurd, apocalyptic universe. Read my full review: www.brnrd.net/blog/archive/2008/03/30/you-the-living

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Kristine Bizzarro

28May12

Something about this was so perfect.

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