YOU, THE LIVING (De Levande)

YOU, THE LIVING can be seen as a gentler companion piece to Roy Anders- son’s 2000 Cannes Jury prize-winner, 'Songs From the Second Floor' and takes a slightly lighter tone in presenting a seri- es of tragi-comic vignettes from modern life. An assortment of washed out interiors provide the backdrop for a motley crew of characters: a stout depressive and her long-suffering husband; a young girl with an unrequited crush on a rock musician; an Arab barber taking sweet revenge on a racist customer; couples with too much to say, or too little; and a diligent tuba player... ________________________________________________________