A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 24, 2014

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.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 24, 2014

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB, 4 1/2, Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe, ZDF/Arte, Essential Filmproduktion, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Société Parisienne de Production, Norsk Filmfond
Original title En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron
Directors Roy Andersson
Writers Roy Andersson

Cast

Holger Andersson

as Jonathan

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

as Lotta la Boiteuse

Göran Holm

as Bargäst