Songs from the Second Floor

Original title: Sånger från andra våningen

20002000
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1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

19K

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Comedy Drama

Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of s... Read allWhere are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.

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7.5/10

19K

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Awards
- 9 wins & 5 nominations

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Trivia
Each scene is shot with one take where the camera stands still as the actors embrace the frame (the camera moves once in the entire film, in the railway station scene).

Quotes
Kalle: What can I say? It's not easy being human.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Mission: Impossible II/Running Free/Passion of Mind/Big Momma's House (2000)

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8/10

"Slapstick Bergman" indeed

One critic described this film as being "Slapstick Ingmar Bergman"; it's a great joke, and in many ways a true one. I've never seen a movie like this before, and I haven't laughed so hard at one in years. Every single scene has something off-beat or funny happening in it, so that you may want to see it more than once. (I watched it twice in one day!) The best bit occurs when the businesspeople decide on a rash course of action to save the faltering economy. I won't spoil it for you but trust me, it's one of the blackest comic moments in all of film. Don't miss it!

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