Du levande (2007)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Roy Andersson

Writer:

Roy Andersson (writer)

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Bathtub | Train | Loneliness | Absurdism | Song

Awards:

9 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jessika Lundberg	...	Anna
Elisabeth Helander	...	Mia (as Elisabet Helander)
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
Jörgen Nohall	...	Uffe
Waldemar Nowak	...	The pick-pocket
Jan Wikbladh	...	The fan
Bengt C.W. Carlsson	...	CEO
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Anderson	...	Guest at banquet

Directed by
Roy Andersson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roy Andersson		writer

Produced by
Philippe Bober	....	co-producer
Håkon Øverås	....	co-producer
Pernilla Sandström	....	producer
Tom Winther	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Benny Andersson

Cinematography by
Gustav Danielsson

Film Editing by
Anna Märta Waern

Production Design by
Magnus Renfors
Elin Segerstedt

Art Department
Magne Pettersen	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Jan Alvemark	....	sound
Robert Hefter	....	sound recordist
Robert Sörling	....	sound

Special Effects by
Christian Niklasson	....	rain

Camera and Electrical Department
Fredrik Borg	....	first assistant camera
Christian Haag	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Magne Pettersen	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sofia Frykstam	....	costumer

Music Department
Johan Ahlin	....	music arranger
Robert Hefter	....	music editor
Robert Hefter	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Lena Hansson	....	film consultant: Swedish Film Institute (as Lena Hansson-Varhegyi)

Production Companies

• 4 1/2 Film (co-production)
• Canal+
• Det Danske Filminstitut
• Eurimages Council of Europe
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond
• Norsk Filmfond
• Posthus Teatret
• Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB
• Société Parisienne de Production
• Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 (co-production)
• Studio 24
• StyleJam
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)
• Sveriges Television (SVT)
• Thermidor Filmproduktion
• WDR/Arte
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• Filmes da Mostra (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Look Now! (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Neue Visionen Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sponge (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Zeta Films (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (USA) (all media) (subtitled)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• good movies! (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

You, the Living (France) (festival title) (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Das jüngste Gewitter (Germany)
Du levende (Denmark)
Nous, les vivants (France)
Do ciebie, czlowieku (Poland) [pl]
Eseis oi zontanoi (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
La comedia de la vida (Argentina) [es]
Nous, les vivants (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Sinä elävä (Finland) [fi]
Teie, kes te elate (Estonia) [et]
Vocês, os Vivos (Brazil) [pt]

Runtime:

Argentina:95 min | Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:95 min

Country:

Sweden | Germany | France | Denmark | Norway | Japan

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Sweden:Btl | Finland:K-11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Japan:R-15 | Germany:6 | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:18 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

4 1/2 Film

Trivia:

For the vignette set in a hairdressers, the actor getting his hair cut had to have all his hair shaved off initially and then glued back on.

Perfect Cinema; an amateurs review.

A short review without any spoilers follows.

I saw this movie yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival. My initial reaction is one of wonder and happiness. I'm so happy films like this are being made in our age of blockbusters.

Roy Andersson's new movie "You, The Living" is nothing less than a complete masterpiece. You, The Living is composed by some 50 vignettes filmed with a static camera. I will not give away the content of the scenes here, because I hate when people spoil even the smallest details. But, yes, most of the scenes made the 1000 people in the Claude Debussy theatre absolutely baffled and amazed. When the film was over we applauded for several minutes, we had no other choice.

So what's the score with "You, The Living". Hm, Andersson isn't afraid to take on the heavy questions; History, guilt, gand The Holocaust during WW2 are big subjects (and these themes work very well together).

The images created are brilliant, the depth sometimes surpasses "Songs from the Second Floor".

Well, sorry for this ranting, praising review. Look out for the Flying House in the beginning folks!

10/10 stars - A Masterpiece (I never throw this grade out).