A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 film by Roy Andersson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Swedish: En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) is a 2014 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. It is the third installment in his "Living" trilogy, following Songs from the Second Floor (2000) and You, the Living (2007). It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival[2][3] where it was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film.[4] It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[5][6] It was released in Sweden on 14 November 2014, by TriArt Film.[7]
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | |
---|---|
Directed by | Roy Andersson |
Written by | Roy Andersson |
Produced by |
|
Starring | Nisse Vestblom Holger Andersson |
Cinematography | István Borbás Gergely Pálos |
Edited by | Alexandra Strauss |
Production company | Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB
Coproduction Office |
Distributed by | TriArt Film (Sweden) |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | Sweden Norway France Germany Denmark |
Language | Swedish |
Box office | $5.8 million[1] |
Its title is a reference to the 1565 painting The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depicts a rural wintertime scene, with some birds perched on tree branches. Andersson said he imagined that the birds in the scene are watching the people below, wondering what they are doing. He explained the title of the film as a "different way of saying 'what are we actually doing', that's what the movie is about."[8] At the Venice Film Festival, Andersson said that the film had been inspired by the 1948 Italian film Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica.[9]