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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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