You, the Living
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
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Cast
18 people
Håkan Angser
The Psychiatrist
No other roles listed
Eric Bäckman
Micke Larsson
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Patrik Anders Edgren
The Professor
Also in
The Escape
Darling
Björn Englund
The Tuba Player
Lennart Eriksson
The Man on the Balcony
Also in
My Life as a Comedian
Pär Fredriksson
The Carpet Dealer
No other roles listed
Elisabeth Helander
Mia
No other roles listed
Gunnar Ivarsson
The Businessman
No other roles listed
Leif Larsson
The Carpenter
Jessika Lundberg
Anna
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Jessica Nilsson
The Teacher
Jörgen Nohall
Uffe
Roy Andersson Director · Benny Andersson Composer Gustav Danielsson Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · United States release July 31, 2009 · Produced in Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,843,810
Production
Roy Andersson Filmproduktion
Production
Coproduction Office
Production
Société Parisienne de Production
Production
Thermidor Filmproduktion
Production
4 1/2
Production
SVT
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
stylejam
Production
WDR
Production
ARTE
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
4 1/2 Film
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Eurimages
Production
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Production
Posthus Teatret
Production
Studio 24
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
WDR/Arte
Production
Denmark · France · Germany · Japan · Norway · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Du levande
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
France · May 24, 2007
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Sweden · September 21, 2007
Theatrical
United States · July 31, 2009
Limited theatrical
Canada
September 7, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
November 21, 2007 · Theatrical
Germany
March 20, 2008 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 19, 2008 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 19, 2007 · Theatrical · 44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
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