

The most depressed optimist in cinema finally gets his close-up.
Direction
Pehr Arte captures Roy's meticulous tableaux vivants process.
Cinematography
Static frames so beautiful they hurt.
Director
Pehr Arte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roy Andersson spent decades perfecting his 'living trilogy' (Songs from the Second Floor, etc.)—this doc reveals the painstaking, almost pathological precision behind his bleak tableaux.
He's made only six features in 50+ years, funding them through wildly successful commercials—including the famous 'Life is short' ad that ironically bankrolled his meditations on death.
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