Roy Andersson turns everyday misery into deadpan comedy, sketching modern life as a beautifully drab parade of absurd human longing.
In YOU, THE LIVING, Roy Andersson crafts a series of brilliantly composed comic sketches about the mundane miseries of modern existence. Through deadpan timing, non-actors, drab interiors and surreal visual precision, the film transforms ordinary disappointment into something strangely funny, tender and unforgettable - urban purgatory with a very dry punchline.
Rialto Recommends YOU, THE LIVING is bleak, funny and unmistakably Roy Andersson: a parade of human awkwardness staged with painterly precision and exquisite deadpan timing. Few filmmakers find so much comedy in disappointment, loneliness and badly lit rooms. For lovers of absurdist cinema, this is melancholy made hilarious - and drabness raised to an art form.
Cast
Elisabeth Helander (Mia), Jörgen Nohall (Uffe), Jan Wikbladh (The fan)
Director
Writer
Language
Swedish
Subtitles
Svenska
Countries
Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Japan
Studio
Co Production Office