The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
When
Wed 1 Jul 2026
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Winner of the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, the final film in Andersson’s “Living” trilogy is, in many ways, the summation of his life’s work and an extraordinary distillation of the themes and stylistic characteristics – long take, long shot, subdued colour palette, deadpan humour, meticulous design, etc. – that define his unique cinema.
Aptly named for a bird contemplating humankind and “existence” in a painting by Bruegel, Andersson’s wry, absurdist, Beckettian and darkly comic portrait of contemporary life occupies a netherworld inhabited by the legacies of war, colonialism and the bittersweet sadness of everyday life.
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