Songs from the Second Floor

Name: Songs from the Second Floor
Director: Roy Andersson
Released: 2000
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström, Sten Andersson

2000 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 20,857 VOTES · DIR. Roy Andersson

Overview

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

Dialogue Timeline — 852 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 [cough]

00:02:56 Very nice!

00:07:10 What are you doing here?

00:16:05 I haven't advanced more than a few hundred yards in four hours!

00:18:26 How we're going to put food on the table.

00:23:51 Susanne.

00:26:37 Top quality!

00:29:54 Or about the cab. I drive as much as I can.

00:33:58 And I have a son who's gone mad.

00:39:10 who has a birthday today.

00:41:24 - We haven't? - No.

00:44:49 Hoist the flags!

00:48:34 Have you seen the nails?

00:50:45 Yeah, he's been writing poetry and it made him nuts.

00:55:21 I heard you'd committed suicide.

00:58:25 He's dead.

01:01:40 Speak plainly and you'll get results...

01:04:46 Professor Frank, for example

01:08:27 Who can decide overfate?

01:13:08 Certainly not.

01:19:46 Come on!

01:22:53 [Tomas is crying.]

01:26:24 How could I be so stupid?

20:00:00 and twice as much forest.

Cast & Characters

Lars Nordh Kalle Stefan Larsson Stefan Bengt C.W. Carlsson Lennart Torbjörn Fahlström Pelle Wigert Sten Andersson Lasse Rolando Núñez Immigrant Lucio Vucina The magician Per Jörnelius The sawed man Per Jörnelius volunteer Peter Roth Tomas Klas-Gösta Olsson The speechwriter Klas-Gösta Olsson Colonel

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed852

Dialogue density8.6 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line20:00:00

Production Record

DirectorRoy Andersson

LanguageSwedish

Revenue$80,334

IMDb votes20,857