A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

6.9 / 10

(429 votes)

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

Country:

Sweden,

France,

Germany,

Norway

Genre:

Drama,

Comedy

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

2014

Director:

Roy Andersson

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Company:

Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB,

Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe,

ZDF/Arte,

Essential Filmproduktion,

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW,

Société Parisienne de Production,

Norsk Filmfond,

Svenska Filminstitutet,

CNC,

ARTE France Cinéma,

SVT,

4 1/2

Cast:
Holger Andersson

Jonathan

Nisse Vestblom

Sam

Viktor Gyllenberg

Le Roi Charles XII

Lotti Törnros

Le Professeur de Flamenco

Jonas Gerholm

Le Colonel Solitaire

Crew:
Roy Andersson

Director

Roy Andersson

Screenplay

István Borbás

Cinematography

Gergely Pálos

Cinematography

Alexandra Strauss

Editor