Swedish black comedy-drama written and directed by celebrated Swedish auteur Roy Andersson. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, 2000.
One...
Swedish black comedy-drama written and directed by celebrated Swedish auteur Roy Andersson. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes, 2000.
One evening, a strange series of illogical events take place: a clerk is made redundant in a degrading manner; a lost immigrant is violently attacked in a busy street; a magician makes an error in his act. In the midst of this mayhem, one person stands out: Kalle (Lars Nordh). While the new millennium is casting its web and creating a vast mental breakdown, Kalle gradually becomes conscious of the absurdity of the world and realises just how difficult it is to be human.
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88 %34 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
90 %6,733 reviewsAudience score rating
"Easier to respect than enthuse over, Andersson's rigorous personal vision is not only distanced but distancing."
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Village Voice
Village Voice"“Songs From the Second Floor” rapidly wears out its welcome after the first few reels to finish up as a perplexing objet d’art."
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Variety
Variety"Andersson creates a world that's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar; absurd, yet tremendously sad."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic, the work of a genuine and singular artist."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"You may not enjoy it but you will not forget it."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Leaping from one arresting image to another, Songs from the Second Floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling, amusing and unsettling at the same time."
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BBC
BBCSongs from the Second Floor | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Jury Prize (Andersson), 2000 Cannes Film Festival
- Runtime
- 98
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Sweden, Norway, Denmark
