Table of contents
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
Media (1)
| Original title | Du levande |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Average rating | 3,92 / 5 |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
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| Swedish release | 2007-09-21 |
Cast
Plot summary
You, the living is about the human being, about her greatness and her miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her self-confidence and anxiety. A being at whom we want to laugh and also cry...
Promoted film contact
Kajsa Hedström
+46 8 665 11 22
kajsa.hedstrom@filminstitutet.se
Links and resources
Titles
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Crew
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| Technical Advisor | |
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| Production Accountant | |
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| Post Production Supervisor |
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| First Assistant Cameraman | |
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| Scanner |
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| Digital Grading | |
| Musical Arrangement | |
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| Conductor | |
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| Carpenter |
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Cast
Companies
Plot summary
You, the living is about the human being, about her greatness and her miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her self-confidence and anxiety. A being at whom we want to laugh and also cry for. It is simply a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy about us.
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 144512 |
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| Date | 2007-08-02 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
| Original length | 2547 meters |
| Notes | Aktindelning: 538-480-512-477-560 = 2547 m - 93 minuter. Aktlängder: 538, 480, 512, 477, 560. |
| Grounds for decision | Inslag av man som spänns fast i en elektrisk stol och en man som faller ihop inför sina arbetskamrater. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.66:1 |
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| Sound system | Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording Digital |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length in metres | 2547 meters |
| Length in minutes | 93 min |
| Reels | 5 reels |
Production location
| 2005 | 2007 | |||||
| Studio 24 | Stockholm | Sweden | ||||
| Filmhuset | Stockholm | Sweden |
Release dates
| Festival showing | 2007-05-24 | Cannes | France | (Cannes Film Festival/Un certain regard) | ||
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| 2007-06 | Karlovy Vary | Czech Republic | ||||
| 2007-08 | Haugesund | Norway | ||||
| 2007-09-07 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | (Toronto Film Festival) | |||
| Release in Sweden | 2007-09-21 | Sweden | 93 min | |||
| Festival showing | 2007-10 | Chicago | USA | |||
| 2007-11 | Sevilla | Spain | ||||
| DVD release | 2008-04-09 | Sweden | ||||
| TV showing | 2010-05-08 | SVT2 | Sweden | 89 min | ||
| 2013-08-29 | SVT2 | Sweden | ||||
| Inställd visning | 2022-01-16 | Toronto | Canada | |||
| Censurbeslut | 2022-02-09 | Montreal | Canada | 35-kopia via TIFF | ||
| Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF | 2022-02-19 | Vancouver | Canada | 35-kopia via TIFF | ||
| 2022-02-27 | Vancouver | Canada | 35-kopia via TIFF | |||
| Censurbeslut | 2022-05-15 | Toronto | Canada | |||
| Non Swedish theater exkl FIAF | 2023-12-08 | London | United Kingdom | |||
| 2023-12-16 | New York City | USA | ||||
| 2023-12-30 | New York City | USA |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Pulsation | |
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| Composer | Benny Andersson |
| Original title | Motorcykel | |
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| Composer | Stockholm Classic Jazz Band | |
| Lyrics | Roy Andersson | |
| Performed by | Stockholm Classic Jazz Band |
| Original title | Creole Song | |
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| Composer | Edward Ory | |
| Orchestra | Papa Bues Viking Jazzband |
| Original title | En liden vit kanin | |
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| Composer | Sven Gustafson | (1936) |
| Lyrics | Sven Gustafson | (1936) |
| Original title | O alte Burschenherrlichkeit | |
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| Lyrics | Eugen Höfling | (tysk text 1825) |
| August Lindh | (svensk text) | |
| Sung by | kör |
| Original title | När solen lyser klart | |
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| Composer | Gunnar Wernström | |
| Lyrics | Gösta Wernström |
| Original title | Odnozvučno gremit kolokol'čik | |
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| Lyrics | Lydia Lithell | (svensk text 1947 - "Jag har hört ...") |
| Original title | She's No Trouble | |
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| Composer | Bennie Moten | |
| Thamon Hayes | ||
| Orchestra | Papa Bues Viking Jazzband |
Awards
| Prize | Helsinki | 2008 | Pernilla Sandström | ||
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| The Nordic Council Film Prize | Helsinki | 2008 | |||
| Prize | Helsinki | 2008 | Roy Andersson | Nordiska Rådets filmpris. | |
| Nominated for the Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2008 | Best Cinematography | Gustav Danielsson | |
| The Guldbagge Award | Stockholm | 2008 | Best Screenplay | Roy Andersson | |
| Stockholm | 2008 | Best Director | Roy Andersson | ||
| Stockholm | 2008 | Best Picture | |||
| Festival Award | Fantasporto | 2008 | Roy Andersson | (pris till bästa regissör/best director award vid filmfestivalen i Fantasporto, Portugal) | |
| Haugesund | 2007 | (kritikerpriset/film critic’s award vid The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund, Norge) | |||
| Haugesund | 2007 | (Andreas Award, The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund, Norge) | |||
| Mamaia | 2007 | (kritikerpriset/critic's prize, Independent Producers International Film Festival, Mamaia, Rumänien | |||
| Neuchatel | 2007 | (Titra Award, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Schweiz) | |||
| Neuchatel | 2007 | (H.R. Giger Award “Narcisse” for Best Movie Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Schweiz) | |||
| Quend-Plage | 2007 | (Amphore d'or, Festival de Quend, Quend-Plage, Frankrike) | |||
| Sevilla | 2007 | (juryns specialpris/special jury award, Seville Film Festival, Spanien | |||
| Antalya | 2007 | (juryns specialpris/special jury award, International Eurasia Film Festival, Antalya, Turkiet | |||
| Ghent | 2007 | Robert Hefter | (Georges Delerue Award for bästa musik/best music, Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgien) | ||
| Silver Hugo | Chicago | 2007 | Roy Andersson | (Silver Hugo for Direction, Chicago International Film Festival, USA) |
Related films
| Tomorrow's Another Day (2011) | You, the Living (2007) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2541 |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2554 |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Duplicate positive |
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| Item base | Polyester |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2547 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Dialoglista. 23/4 -2007. |
| Extent | 37 s. + 2 s. eftertext samt musiklista endast i digital form.. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Synopsis |
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| Script title | You the living |
| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | Du levande. Engelsk text. |
| Extent | 37 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Script title | You, the living. By Roy Andersson. |
| Extent | 62 s. |
| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 16 |
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| Colour prints | No |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
| Digital images | Yes |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | Multiple languages |
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | English |
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | French |
Other manifestations of this work
Digitized
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.66:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 93 min |
| Dialogue |
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Holdings Film
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | WAV |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | WAV |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | MAP |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | H264 |
