You, the Living (2007)
You, the Living (2007)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently You, the Living is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy
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Cast & Crew.
Håkan Angser
The Psychiatrist
Elisabeth Helander
Mia
Jörgen Nohall
Uffe
Patrik Anders Edgren
The Professor
Jan Wikbladh
The fan
Björn Englund
Tubaplayer
Birgitta Persson
Tubaspelarens fru
Pär Fredriksson
The Carpet Dealer
Lennart Eriksson
Man on the balcony
Jessika Lundberg
Anna
Gunnar Ivarsson
The Businessman
Leif Larsson
The Carpenter
Eric Bäckman
Micke Larsson
Rolf Engström
Trumslagaren
Jessica Nilsson
The teacher
Roy Andersson
Director
Waldemar Nowak
The Pick-pocket
Olle Olson
The Consultant
Pernilla Sandström
Producer
Kemal Sener
The Barber
Benny Andersson
Composer
Gustav Danielsson
Cinematographer
Göran Holm
Man at the psychiatrist (uncredited)
Alexandra Strauss
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 21, 2007
Original NameDu levande
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$1,843,810
Genres
Wiki.
You, the Living (Swedish: Du levande) is a 2007 Swedish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. The film is an exploration of the "grandeur of existence", centered on the lives of a group of individuals, such as an overweight woman, a disgruntled psychiatrist, a heartbroken groupie, a carpenter, a business consultant, and a school teacher with emotional problems and her rug-selling husband. The basis for the film is an Old Norse proverb, "Man is man's delight", taken from the Poetic Edda poem Hávamál. The title comes from a stanza in Goethe's Roman Elegies, which also appears as a title card in the beginning of the film: "Therefore rejoice, you, the living, in your lovely warm bed, until Lethe's cold wave wets your fleeing foot."The film consists of a fluent succession of fifty short sketches, most with a tragicomic undertone. The cast is mostly non-professional, and alienating techniques are employed such as presenting the characters in grim make-up and having them talk directly to camera. The financing was difficult and the shooting took three years to complete. The film won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Direction at the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival and has received critical acclaim.
It is the second film in a trilogy, preceded by Songs from the Second Floor (2000) and followed by A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014).