You, the Living (2007) ( Du levande ) ( Nous, les vivants )

You, the Living (2007) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Du levande
Alternate Title: Nous, les vivants
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Roy Andersson

Written By:
Roy Andersson

Actors:
Jessika Lundberg ..... Anna
Elisabeth Helander ..... Mia
Björn Englund ..... Tubaplayer
Leif Larsson ..... Carpenter
Olle Olson ..... Consultant (as Ollie Olson)
Birgitta Persson ..... Tubaspelarens fru
Kemal Sener ..... The barber
Håkan Angser ..... The psychiatrist
Rolf Engström ..... Trumslagaren
Gunnar Ivarsson ..... The buisnessman
Eric Bäckman ..... Micke Larsson
Patrik Anders Edgren ..... Professor (as Patrik Edgren)
Lennart Eriksson ..... Man on the balcony
Pär Fredriksson ..... The carpet dealer
Jessica Nilsson ..... The teacher

Synopsis:

A series of scenes that focus specially on a single idea, emotion or act us. In the absence of interfering qualities this film is able to take one factoring influence and amplify it to absurd and hilarious proportions. Each scene gives us an uninterrupted view at some of the more unglamorous characteristics that in the end determine who we are, both as individuals and as a thread in the patchwork of the collective human unconscious.

Filmmaker Roy Andersson draws the viewer into the world of a woman whose most uplifting moments are always balanced by tragedy, and whose joy is constantly offset by sorrow. In laughing along at the good times and shedding a tear at the bad, the comic tragedy of life manifests itself in a manner that all can surely relate to.

You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 April, 2020.