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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Roy Andersson · 2014 CE · Film · Nordic · Contemporary

Two novelty salesmen carrying vampire teeth and a laughing bag trudge between bars and flats insisting they only want to help people have fun, while around them a series of tableaux plays out in flat grey rooms filmed head-on and never cut into. A king's cavalry rides into a modern cafe on the way to Poltava. Last of Andersson's trilogy about being a human being.

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Attributes

Genre
TragicomedySatire
Theme
Existential AbsurdityDeath & MortalityMisanthropyIsolation & Alienation
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
EverymanWise Fool
Plot structure
Episodic
Symbol / motif
The MaskThe CityThe Feast
Conflict
vs Selfvs Society
Mode / tone
AbsurdistIronicSatirical
Culture / tradition
Nordic

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