You, the Living

Directed by Roy Andersson

A slightly gentler follow-up to Songs From the Second Floor, You, The Living is Bergman, Beckett and pure brilliance. Again a tragi-comic series of vignettes on modern day life, an assortment of washed out interiors provide the backdrop for a motley crew of characters: a stout depressive and her long-suffering husband; a young girl with an unrequited crush on a rock musician; an Arab barber taking sweet revenge on a racist customer; couples with too much to say, or too little; and a diligent tuba player…

Duration:
94 minutes

Languages:
Swedish

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Denmark, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden

Year of production:
2007