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Songs from the Second Floor

2000 · 99 min

A slow, surreal series of deadpan vignettes that feels like a bleak, absurd dream about modern life.

Overview
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • death
  • faith
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Roy Andersson
Written by
Roy Andersson
Starring
Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström, Sten Andersson, Rolando Núñez, Lucio Vucina, Per Jörnelius
Music
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Cinematography
Jesper Klevenås, István Borbás
Runtime
99 min
Country
Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Languages
Russian, Swedish

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