A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
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Film Cast:
- Man at the Stairs: Jan-Eje Ferling
- Marketing director: Kristina Ekmark
- Priest: Martin Serner
- Psychiatrist: Bengt Bergius
- Secretary: Anja Broms
- Adolf Hitler: Magnus Wallgren
- Champagne-lover: Lisa Blohm
- Flying Woman: Tatiana Delaunay
- …: Anders Hellström
- Dentist: Thore Flygel
- …: Jessica Louthander
- …: Stefan Karlsson
- Café Guest: Göran Holm
- …: Lotta Forsberg
- …: Karin Engman
- The lady in the train station: Lesley Leichtweis Bernardi
- …: Joacim Landin
- Sverker Ohlsson: Conny Block
- Street Musician: Erik Igelström
- Man who has killed his daughter: Pablo Fernandez-Moreno
Film Crew:
- Producer: Philippe Bober
- Editor: Roy Andersson
- Producer: Pernilla Sandström
- Editor: Kalle Boman
- Production Design: Frida Ekström Elmstrand
- Producer: Johan Carlsson
- Sound Editor: Claes Lundberg
- Director of Photography: Gergely Pálos
- Executive Producer: Sarah Nagel
- Sound: Robert Hefter
- Makeup Artist: Emelie Henriksson
- Executive Producer: Isabell Wiegand
- Production Design: Anders Hellström
- Production Design: Nicklas Nilsson
Movie Reviews:
- SWITCH.: As I watched ‘About Endlessness’, I could feel the well of my soul filling to the brim. It is a balm of a film, a reinvigorating experience, a bowl of the best chicken soup you’ve ever had which you are invited to drink slowly and to savour every new and surprising mouthful. Roy Andersson takes us into this magical, absurd and hopeful world of the subconscious and offers a safe place to sit, consider and dream. The idea of endlessness can be an overwhelming, soul-crushing thing to consider – and a lonely one – but with a film as sublime as this holding your hand, it can also be breathtaking. ‘About Endlessness’ is pure poetry, a work of deep and generous humanity.
– Daniel LamminRead Daniel’s full article…
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-about-endlessness-a-magical-journey-through-roy-anderssons-field-of-dreams