You, the Living NEW HORIZONS International Competition

Cast:
Fred Anderson (gość), Björn Englund, Robert Grundström (gość), , Elisabeth Jörgensen (kelnerka), Elisabeth Helander, Jessika Lundberg

Cannes Jury Prize winner in 2000 with Songs from the Second Floor, Swedish director Roy Andersson is back with You, The Living. This film is about the human being, explains the director, about her greatness and her miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her self-confidence and anxiety. A being with whom we want to laugh and also cry. It is a simply a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy about us.

Concerning the narrative structure, Roy Andersson elaborated: When I make a film, I don't rely on a classic screenplay, but rather on a theme, a philosophical concept or a particular atmosphere. For You, the Living, I created tableaux that put characters in commonplace, everyday life situations with great attention to detail. Together these scenes form a whole resembling the chaotic structure of a bustling marketplace. First and foremost, I wanted to set up the scenes in a way that left them open to development that allows for surprise and the unexpected. The scenes are linked by recurring lines of dialogue and situations.

IFF Cannes 2007