About Endlessness
Om det oändliga · dir. Roy Andersson
Sweden, Germany, Norway 2019, 78’ · Polish premiere
27 October, 20:45 · CKK Jordanki
With About Endlessness, Roy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherezade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner of war camp. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, About Endlessness presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
| Director: | Roy Andersson |
| Screenplay: | Roy Andersson |
| Cinematography: | Gergely Pálos |
| Cast: | Martin Serner, Jessica Louthander, Tatiana Delaunay, Anders Hellström, Jan Eje Ferling, Bengt Bergius |
| Producers: | Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandström |
| Production: | Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB, 4 1/2 Film |
| Awards: | FF w Wenecji / Venice FF – Srebrny Lew: Najlepszy Reżyser / Silver Lion: Best Director (2019) |
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