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Oct 24, 2014
101 min
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (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.

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Drama Comedy Fantasy

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France Germany Norway Sweden Denmark

Companies

Roy Andersson Filmproduktion Essential Filmproduktion ARTE France Cinéma SVT 4 1/2 ZDF ARTE

Holger Andersson

Jonathan

Nisse Vestblom

Sam

Viktor Gyllenberg

Le Roi Charles XII

Lotti Törnros

Le Professeur de Flamenco

Jonas Gerholm

Le Colonel Solitaire

Ola Stensson

Le Capitaine/Barbier

Oscar Salomonsson

Le Danseur

Roger Olsen Likvern

Le Gardien

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