About Endlessness

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  • 1hr 16m
  • 84

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Director:

Roy Andersson

Producer:

Johan Carlsson, Pernilla Sandström

Writer:

Roy Andersson

Release Date:

Sep 18, 2020

Runtime:

1hr 16m

Synopsis

ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-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.

Cast

  • Bengt Bergius
  • Anja Broms
  • Marie Burman
  • Amanda Davies
  • Tatiana Delaunay
  • Karin Engman
  • Jan-Eje Ferling
  • Thore Flygel
  • Lotta Forsberg
  • Anton Forsdik

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Trivia

  • In a scene's setup with Hitler's appearance Roy Andersson copied the painting titled "The End" depicting Hitler during his final days in his bunker in Berlin by Kukryniksy.
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90
Sep 9, 2019

Andersson’s consistency may have made him a director for acolytes above all, but they will find this a satisfying and richly resonant lesson in obliqueness and sometimes opacity.

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Jonathan Romney
Screen Daily
70
Sep 9, 2019

The famous dreamlike lighting and mise-en-scene are always perfect in capturing human foibles. But the offbeat sense of humor that characterized the trilogy is less evident than ever.

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Metacritic review by Deborah Young
Deborah Young
The Hollywood Reporter
80
Sep 9, 2019

About Endlessness contains moments of devilish wit, but at heart it is a sad, sweet picture, threaded with themes of estrangement and separation. Andersson isn’t exactly asking us to laugh at or pity these people. Instead, we’re being encouraged to wonder at their predicament – and perhaps relate it to our own.

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Metacritic review by Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
The Guardian
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