About Endlessness Trailer Roy Andersson S Absurd New Film

The latest film from the revered and much-decorated director of “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” “You, the Living,” and “Songs From the Second Floor,” “About Endlessness” weaves together multiple, visually arresting segments to construct a larger narrative about mankind’s lack of awareness. This one is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality.

We wander, dreamlike, guided by a female voice, who occupies the role of Scheherazade from “Arabian Nights,” guiding us from one skit to another along the periphery of a war. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner-of-war camp. Related ‘Soft & Quiet’: Why the Year’s Most Terrifying Film Was Shot Four Times in a Row Alejandro G. Iñarritu on His Stunning ‘Bardo’ Trailer and Why the Movie Is Shorter Now – Exclusive Related The 13 Best Slasher Movies Ever Made, from ‘Candyman’ to ‘Psycho’ The Best Film Sound of 2022
From IndieWire’s rave review out of the Venice Film Festival: Check out the film’s latest trailer, available exclusively on IndieWire, below. “About Endlessness” is a lens that clarifies the amorphous period in between, when the full scope of existence is somehow beautiful and terrible all at once.