Why it may be worth watching
- About Endlessness combines Drama and Fantasy elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Jan-Eje Ferling, Kristina Ekmark, Martin Serner.
- Viewers currently rate it 6.5/10 from 234 votes.
Movie
About Endlessness
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
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Cast
Jan-Eje FerlingMan at the Stairs
Kristina EkmarkMarketing director
Martin SernerPriest
Bengt BergiusPsychiatrist
Anja BromsSecretary
Magnus WallgrenAdolf Hitler
Lisa BlohmChampagne-lover
Tatiana DelaunayFlying Woman
Anders HellströmFlying Man
Thore FlygelDentist
Jessica Louthander
Anders Hellström
Stefan Karlsson
Viewing guide
Is About Endlessness right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, Fantasy, Comedy. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
dark comedysurrealism
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Reviews
SWITCH.External review ·
As I watched 'About Endlessness', I could feel the well of my soul filling to the brim. It is a balm of a film, a reinvigorating experience, a bowl of the best chicken soup you've ever had which you are invited to drink slowly and to savour every new and surprising mouthful. Roy Andersson takes us into this magical, absurd and hopeful world of the subconscious and offers a safe place to sit, consider and dream. The idea of endlessness can be an overwhelming, soul-crushing thing to consider - and a lonely one - but with a film as sublime as this holding …
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As I watched 'About Endlessness', I could feel the well of my soul filling to the brim. It is a balm of a film, a reinvigorating experience, a bowl of the best chicken soup you've ever had which you are invited to drink slowly and to savour every new and surprising mouthful. Roy Andersson takes us into this magical, absurd and hopeful world of the subconscious and offers a safe place to sit, consider and dream. The idea of endlessness can be an overwhelming, soul-crushing thing to consider - and a lonely one - but with a film as sublime as this holding your hand, it can also be breathtaking. 'About Endlessness' is pure poetry, a work of deep and generous humanity.
- Daniel Lammin
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