| Songs from the Second Floor | |
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 Original Swedish poster | |
| Directed by | Roy Andersson |
| Written by | Roy Andersson |
| Produced by | Lisa Alwert Roy Andersson Philippe Bober Sanne Glæsel Johan Mardell |
| Starring | Lars Nordh Stefan Larsson Bengt C.W. Carlsson Torbjörn Fahlström Sten Andersson |
| Cinematography | István Borbás Jesper Klevenas Robert Komarek |
| Edited by | Roy Andersson |
| Music by | Benny Andersson |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Sweden Norway Denmark |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | $5.5 million[1] |
Songs from the Second Floor (Swedish: Sånger från andra våningen) is a Swedish black comedy-drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 October 2000,[2] written and directed by Roy Andersson. It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. It uses quotations from the work of Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 73rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
It is the first film in a trilogy, followed by You, the Living (2007) and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014).
- ^ "The New Cult Canon: Songs From The Second Floor". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Sånger från andra våningen" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 September 2016.