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Plot
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 7.3/10 (2,844 voted)
Critic's Score: 83/100
Director: Roy Andersson
Stars: Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Viktor Gyllenberg
Storyline
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
Cast: Holger Andersson -
Jonathan
Nils Westblom -
Sam
(as Nisse Vestblom)
Viktor Gyllenberg -
Karl XII
Lotti Törnros -
Flamenco Teacher
Jonas Gerholm -
Lonesome Lieutnant
Ola Stensson -
Captain /
Barber
Oscar Salomonsson -
Dancer
Roger Olsen Likvern -
Caretaker
Mats Ryden -
Man at the busstop
Trivia:
The military hymn that is sung several times in the film uses the melody of The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory). See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 8/10
A person dying while opening a bottle of wine. And now for something
completely different.
But Roy Andersson's movies are like that. You better brace yourself for
a sequence of images, scenes and characters that may or may not fit
together but are guaranteed to surprise, amuse and sometimes shock you.
It's better not to get specific with the plot. Mostly because there
hardly IS one. But also because it unfolds chaotically, surreally, and
the pleasure lies in its unfolding before your eyes. Snippets, shots,
vignettes, events - uncensored, unorganized, like life itself.
The themes are down-to-earth. The scenes are fantastical. What would
you call this: realist surrealism? supernatural naturalism? We are led
from Swedish housing complexes to depressing industrial areas, faced
with the doom and misery of urban Scandinavia.
Humanity is explored through its senseless capacity for inflicting
boredom and suffering on itself and on others. No one is spared. This
is pure existentialism on cinema - but with the hope of transcendence.
The audience reactions vary from bemused silence to Benny Hill
laughter. You take out of this film what you are ready to give in.
Some may find the plodding pace tiring, the characters soulless and the
gray urban settings drab and lifeless. But that is sort of the point.
As a sort of midpoint between Buñuel and Loach, Andersson's style is
not to everyone's taste, and not without its faults. Just be ready to
embrace, and enjoy, the misery of existence. Perhaps you'll be
delighted, like I was, to find humour and absurdity in suffering.
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