Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

Original title

Sånger från andra våningen

Directed by

Roy Andersson

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 316 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of strange interconnected scenes shows people dealing with the absurdities and disappointments of modern life. The film follows characters like a businessman, a magician, and an office worker as they encounter bizarre events.

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What happens

Songs from the Second Floor (Swedish: Sånger från andra våningen) is a Swedish black comedy-drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 October 2000, written and directed by Roy Andersson. It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. It uses quotations from the work of Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 73rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is the first film in a trilogy, followed by You, the Living (2007) and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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