The Living Trilogy

The Living Trilogy - (Sweden)

Written and directed by Roy Andersson

*SPOILER FREE

Where are humans going? Why? And what are we actually doing?

For those who appreciate the art of satire and surrealism, this is your heaven. Speak friend in Swedish and enter.

●Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

●You, the Living (2007)

●A Pegion Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

The Living Trilogy is a black-comedy drama consists of three films, disconnected yet relevant in tone, environment, and filmmaking style.

Here is an unconventional cinema of genius, a plot-less meditation on the human condition and experience in the modern world. Humorous and tragic, philosophical and absurd, this is poetry in motion.

Roy Andersson on the course of 18 years with more 9 years of shooting time elegantly crafts a body of work characterized by one-long-takes and standing-still camera where you experience each scene with the same sense and attention.

The production design of the three films is one of the most authentic and finest in the history of production design in film, every detail was neatly handled, the melancholic color scape of minimum contrast, and the lighting that leaves no shadow.

Benny Andersson - the second B in Swedish group ABBA - wrote the brilliant music themes for both Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living. His style and use of emotions take you on a different dimension of the narrative.

The Living Trilogy is a 21st century bizarre masterpiece about humanity and modern life, a living painting of world cinema.

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Available to watch on Google Play, Apple TV, and on Amazon Prime Video

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