Year: 2019
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway
Director: Roy Andersson
Cast: Ania Nova, Lesley Leichtweis Bernardi, Bengt Bergius, Amanda Davies, Tatiana Delaunay,
Genre: drama
Runtime: 78 min.
Age: 18+
With ABOUT ENDLESSNESS, Roy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour 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.
Awards & Festivals:
Venice Film Festival – Silver Lion (Best Director)
European Film Award – European Visual Effects Supervisor
Toronto International Film Frstival – participation
Rotterdam Unternational Film Festival – participation
Film Festival Cologne – participation
Seville European Film Festival – participation