A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

(2014)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 504 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Year: 2014

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: France, Germany

Director: Roy Andersson

Cast: Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas Gerholm, Ola Stensson, Oscar Salomonsson, Roger Olsen Likvern, Charlotta Larsson, Göran Holm

Plot

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.

Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, take us on a kaleidoscopic tour of the human condition, unfolding in absurdist episodes: a sing-along at a 1940s beer hall, a randy flamenco teacher, a thirsty King Charles XII of Sweden en route to battle, and more slices of reality and fantasy.