You, the Living (2007)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 35min
- Comedy, Drama
- 21 Sep 2007 (Sweden)
- Movie
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.
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Awards:
- 11 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast
Directed by
| Roy Andersson | ||
Written by
| Roy Andersson | ... | () |
Produced by
| Philippe Bober | ... | co-producer |
| Pernilla Sandström | ... | producer |
| Tom Winther | ... | co-executive producer |
| Håkon Øverås | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| Benny Andersson | ||
Cinematography by
| Gustav Danielsson | ||
Editing by
| Alexandra Strauss | ||
| Anna Märta Waern | ||
Production Design by
| Magnus Renfors | ||
| Elin Segerstedt | ||
Art Department
| Magne Pettersen | ... | carpenter |
| Miika Soini | ... | carpenter |
Sound Department
| Jan Alvermark | ... | sound |
| Felix Aneer | ... | sound |
| Günter Friedhoff | ... | sound (as Günther Friedhoff) |
| Robert Hefter | ... | sound recordist |
| Claes Lundberg | ... | foley artist |
| 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
| Sophia Frykstam | ... | casting |
| Magne Pettersen | ... | casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Sophia Frykstam | ... | costumer (as Sofia Frykstam) |
Music Department
| Johan Ahlin | ... | music arranger |
| Felix Aneer | ... | musician |
| Robert Hefter | ... | music editor / music supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Lena Hansson | ... | film consultant: Swedish Film Institute (as Lena Hansson-Varhegyi) |
| Alexander Wadouh | ... | production assistant |
| Johanna Wennerberg | ... | production coordinator |
| Isabell Wiegand | ... | production coordinator |
Production Companies
- Roy Andersson Filmproduktion
- ARTE (co-production)
- Arte France Cinéma (co-production)
- C More Entertainment (co-production)
- Coproduction Office (co-production)
- Posthus Teatret (co-production)
- Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 (co-production)
- Style Jam (co-production)
- Sveriges Television (SVT) (co-production)
- Thermidor Filmproduktion (co-production)
- WDR/Arte (co-production)
- Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet (advance allocation)
- Canal+
- Det Danske Filminstitut (advance allocation)
- Eurimages (advance allocation)
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (advance allocation)
- Nordisk Film & TV-Fond (advance allocation)
- Norsk Filmfond (advance allocation)
Distributors
- Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Ama Films (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Look Now! (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Kino Bez Granits (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Neue Visionen Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Sponge (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Zeta Films (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Pan Vision (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
- Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- good movies! (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Filmes da Mostra (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Palisades Tartan (2009) (United States) (subtitled)
- Alambique Filmes (2011) (Portugal) (as Alambique Destilaria de Ideias Unipessoal)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2011) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- ARRI Rental (equipment)
- Europa Post Production (post-production sound services)
- Studio 24 (post-production sound services)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | As a child, Roy Andersson witnessed the moving of about 100 houses from the bay of Skarvik to Gothenberg to facilitate the building of a new harbor. This involved putting the houses on logs and then rolling them to their new location. This is the inspiration behind the vignette of the rock star and his new bride whose cosy domestic scene appears to be on train tracks. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Pulsation See more » |
| Quotes |
The psychiatrist:
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. [examines the large stack of patient's files] The psychiatrist: I am a psychiatrist. I have been for 27 years. I'm completely worn out. Year after year, listening to patients who aren't satisfied with their lives, who want to have fun, who want me to help them with that - it wears you out, I can tell you. My life isn't exactly a lot of fun either. People demand so much. That's the conclusion I've drawn after all these years. They demand to be happy, at the same time as they are egocentric, selfish, and ungenerous. Well, I would like to be honest. I would like to say that they are quite simply mean, most of them. Spending hour after hour in therapy, trying to make a mean person happy... There's no point. You can't do it. I've stopped doing it. These days, I just prescribe pills. The stronger, the better. See more » |