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Sweden10 Essential Swedish FilmsStop 10 of 10
Songs from the Second Floor
Sånger från andra våningen
In a series of deadpan, meticulously staged tableaux, this bleakly comic film surveys a modern city gripped by inexplicable gridlock, economic collapse, and spiritual malaise. Roy Andersson's singular, mordant vision of humanity.
Why it’s here
Roy Andersson’s rigorously staged social panorama is a defining modern Swedish film, built around Swedish language, institutions, and national malaise.