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About Endlessness

    Drama
    Fantasy
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Nov 15, 2019
Rated NR

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$434,977
  • Budget
    $4,700,000
  • Vote Average
    6.5
  • Vote Count
    177
  • Popularity
    11
  • Language
    svenska
  • Origin Country
    SE

Cast

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Jan-Eje Ferling
Man at the Stairs
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Kristina Ekmark
Marketing director
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Martin Serner
Priest
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Bengt Bergius
Psychiatrist
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Anja Broms
Secretary
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Magnus Wallgren
Adolf Hitler
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Lisa Blohm
Champagne-lover
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Tatiana Delaunay
Flying Woman
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Anders Hellström
Flying Man
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Thore Flygel
Dentist
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Jessica Louthander
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Anders Hellström
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Stefan Karlsson
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Göran Holm
Café Guest
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Lotta Forsberg
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Karin Engman
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Lesley Leichtweis Bernardi
The lady in the train station
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Joacim Landin
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Conny Block
Sverker Ohlsson
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Erik Igelström
Street Musician
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Pablo Fernandez-Moreno
Man who has killed his daughter

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Reviews

(1)
SWITCH.
90%
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 Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-about-endlessness-a-magical-journey-through-roy-anderssons-field-of-dreams