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Songs from the Second Floor unfolds through a series of tableaux to present a portrait of a city grinding to a halt. A magician's act goes horribly wrong; flagellants march through the streets causing endless traffic jams; a man is summarily sacked from his job after years of service and through all this walks the soot-covered Karl, who has just burned down his business for an insurance claim.

The surprise hit of last year's Cannes Film Festival, Andersson's first feature in 25 years paints a wildly funny, darkly surreal picture of spiritual meltdown at the end of the century. Justifiably compared with sources as varied as Bunuel and Bergman.