A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
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.
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Cast
27 people
Holger Andersson
Jonathan
Nisse Vestblom
Sam
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Viktor Gyllenberg
Le Roi Charles XII
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Lotti Törnros
Le Professeur de Flamenco
Also in
Suburbia
Trust Me
Jonas Gerholm
Le Colonel Solitaire
No other roles listed
Ola Stensson
Le Capitaine/Barbier
No other roles listed
Oscar Salomonsson
Le Danseur
Also in
Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye
Juliet & Romeo
Roger Olsen Likvern
Le Gardien
No other roles listed
Charlotta Larsson
Lotta la Boiteuse
Known for
Arn: The Knight Templar
Göran Holm
Bargäst
Known for
About Endlessness
Per Bergqvist
Museum Couple
No other roles listed
Solveig Andersson
Museum Couple
Known for
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Roy Andersson Director · István Borbás Cinematographer Gergely Pálos Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release June 3, 2015 · Produced in France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,472,431
Production
Roy Andersson Filmproduktion
Production
Essential Filmproduktion
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
SVT
Production
4 1/2
Production
ZDF
Production
ARTE
Production
4 1/2 Film
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Eurimages
Production
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Production
Norsk Filmfond
Production
Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB
Production
Société Parisienne de Production
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Svenska Filminstitutet
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ZDF/Arte
Production
France · Germany · Norway · Sweden · Denmark
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Languages
Original title
En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
English · Swedish
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 2014
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Sweden · November 14, 2014
Theatrical
United States · June 3, 2015
Limited theatrical
Denmark
March 12, 2015 · Theatrical
France
April 29, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
November 8, 2014 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 13, 2014 · Theatrical
Indonesia
May 1, 2016 · Premiere · Europe on Screen
Ireland
April 24, 2015 · Digital
Italy
February 19, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
October 25, 2014 · Digital
Norway
October 24, 2014 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 25, 2015 · Theatrical
Russia
July 2, 2015 · Theatrical
November 30, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
May 29, 2015 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 26, 2014 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 27, 2020 · Digital · MUBI
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