You, the Living
2007 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 16,593 VOTES · DIR. Roy Andersson
Overview
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
Dialogue Timeline — 621 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:23 Be pleased then, you living one, in your delightfully warmed bed
00:03:21 Maybe things would be better if I didn't exist.
00:05:04 I'm a miserable wench...
00:09:21 - You're not being very nice. - Well, maybe I'm not.
00:13:43 My husband called me a hag.
00:16:10 - Jonas, did you call for Holger? - What did you say?
00:19:46 More that two hundred years old.
00:23:40 What the hell was that?
00:27:17 Can you tell us about that, mom?
00:33:03 And not for the first time, either.
00:34:44 It's a jubilee.
00:41:01 I know, I know. Quality doesn't come cheap.
00:43:30 Elbows twenty-five.
00:47:45 That's the conclusion I've drawn after all these years.
00:50:38 - A sadist! - Take it easy!
00:52:38 What good would that do?
00:54:58 I have played 39 times in the military band so far this year
00:58:21 If a car drives across a street from the right
01:00:24 You bloody...
01:02:43 Which doesn't make things easier.
01:05:08 of the sunblessed beaches and sands
01:09:01 Forgive governments who withhold the truth from the people.
01:14:04 Hello, Anna!
01:17:23 And so was I.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed621
Dialogue density6.5 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line01:17:23
Production Record
DirectorRoy Andersson
LanguageSwedish
Revenue$1,843,810
IMDb votes16,593