Fresh
Unspooling in 37 comic vignettes, these are Monty Python sketches as written by an existentialist philosopher.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Roy Andersson
Overview
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
Director and cast
- Roy Andersson Director
- Holger Andersson as Jonathan
- Nisse Vestblom as Sam
- Viktor Gyllenberg as Le Roi Charles XII
- Lotti Törnros as Le Professeur de Flamenco
- Jonas Gerholm as Le Colonel Solitaire
- Ola Stensson as Le Capitaine/Barbier
- Oscar Salomonsson as Le Danseur
- Roger Olsen Likvern as Le Gardien
- Charlotta Larsson Cast
- Göran Holm Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The director's modus operandi-static, meticulously arranged long takes, shot in deep focus to use background and foreground space-is so entirely unique that it's impossible to not to get some joy out of just gawking at his films.
A.A. Dowd, AV Club
Fresh
Though it abounds in the kind of sardonic humor intrinsic to life's absurdities, the film is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. In a nutshell, quiet desperation prevails.
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
"Pigeon" is a master class in comic timing, employing pacing and repetition with the skill of a practiced concert pianist.
Peter Debruge, Variety
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