Songs from the Second Floor

Songs from the Second Floor

98 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 6, 2000

A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation.

Songs from the Second Floor

98 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 6, 2000

Songs from the Second Floor
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers SVT Drama, Easy Film, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB
Original title Sånger från andra våningen
Directors Roy Andersson
Writers Roy Andersson

Cast

Lars Nordh

as Kalle

Stefan Larsson

as Stefan

Bengt C.W. Carlsson

as Lennart

Torbjörn Fahlström

as Pelle Wigert

Sten Andersson

as Lasse

Rolando Núñez

as The foreigner

Lucio Vucina

as The magician

Per Jörnelius

as The sawed man

Peter Roth

as Tomas

Klas-Gösta Olsson

as The speechwriter

Nils-Åke Eriksson

as Patient

Tommy Johansson

as Uffe

Sture Olsson

as Sven

Fredrik Sjögren

as The Russian boy