Du levande (2007)

Title: You, the Living

Original Title: Du levande

Release Date: 2007-09-21

Status: Released

Rating: 7.069/10 (from 246 votes)

Language: SV

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Music

Production Companies: Roy Andersson Filmproduktion, Coproduction Office, Société Parisienne de Production, Thermidor Filmproduktion, 4 1/2, SVT, ARTE France Cinéma, WDR/Arte, stylejam

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.