A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
Director:
Roy Andersson
Writer:
Roy Andersson
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Holger Andersson as Jonathan |
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Nisse Vestblom as Sam |
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Viktor Gyllenberg as Le Roi Charles XII |
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Lotti Törnros as Le Professeur de Flamenco |
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Jonas Gerholm as Le Colonel Solitaire |
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Ola Stensson as Le Capitaine/Barbier |
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Oscar Salomonsson as Le Danseur |
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Roger Olsen Likvern as Le Gardien |
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Charlotta Larsson as Lotta la Boiteuse |
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Göran Holm as Bargäst |
| Directing | Roy Andersson | Director |
| Writing | Roy Andersson | Screenplay |
| Editing | Alexandra Strauss | Editor |
| Production | Philippe Bober | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Sandberg | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Tegström | Costume Design |
| Sound | Robert Hefter | Sound Designer |
| Production | Pernilla Sandström | Producer |
| Camera | István Borbás | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Gergely Pálos | Director of Photography |