ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (OM DET OÄNDLIGA)

Sweden | 2019 | DCP | 78 min. | Swedish with English subtitles
Director: Roy Andersson
Cast: Martin Serner, Tatiana Delaunay, Jan-Eje Ferling
In what he has stated will be his final film, director Andersson concludes a quartet of darkly satirical features, each composed with a number of vignettes that reveal the foibles and limitations of the human race. Using a locked-down camera and deep focus long takes, Andersson delivers a number of random episodes, some poignant, some gag-driven. He also follows a few recurring characters, such as a priest suffering a crisis of faith, an older man who feels slighted by an old classmate, and a couple who embrace each other as they float amongst clouds. All of the brief episodes are filmed entirely on brilliantly detailed sets at Andersson’s private studio.