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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence(Movie, 2014)

Original title: "En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron" (Swedish/SV)
1h 40min | Genres: Drama, Comedy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceRating: 3.4/5 (with 192192 votes)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Swedish: En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) is a 2014 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. It is the third installment in his "Living" trilogy, following Songs from the Second Floor (2000) and You, the Living (2007). It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where it was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It was released in Sweden on 14 November 2014, by TriArt Film. Its title is a reference to the 1565 painting The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts a rural wintertime scene, with some birds perched on tree branches. Andersson said he imagined that the birds in the scene are watching the people below, wondering what they are doing. He explained the title of the film as a "different way of saying 'what are we actuall... ()
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Awards & Nominations for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Golden Lion European Film Award for Best Comedy Iffr Audience Award European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Comedy European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter European Film Academy Lux Award

About 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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Production countries: Germany, France, Norway, Sweden
Original language: Swedish (SV)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Swedish (SV)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/2015 (World premiere: 10/24/2014)
Cast: Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas Gerholm, Ola Stensson, Oscar Salomonsson, Roger Olsen Likvern
Director: Roy Andersson
Screenwriter: Roy Andersson
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Um Pombo Pousou num Galho Refletindo sobre a Existência"
"Eine Taube sitzt auf einem Zweig und denkt ueber das Leben nach"
"Kyyhkynen oksalla istui, olevaista pohtien"
"さよなら、人類"
"비둘기, 가지에 앉아 존재를 성찰하다"
"En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron"
Keywords: anarchic comedy
Revenue: 1,472,431 USD

3 movies in the Collection

2000 Songs from the Second Floor ("Sånger från andra våningen")
2007 You, the Living ("Du levande")
2014 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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