The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Songs from the Second Floor
When
Wed 17 Jun 2026
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Andersson’s mordantly hilarious third feature came 25 years after his second and announced the full maturation of his signature style. Adopting a colour palette as jaundiced as his sardonic appraisal of the Western urban human condition, the director draws on quotations from Peruvian poet César Vallejo as he delivers a series of 46 meticulously crafted, unflinchingly deadpan, comically absurdist vignettes. Co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Preceded by World of Glory Roy Andersson (1991) 16 mins – Unclassified 15+. Andersson’s sardonically titled, breathtakingly audacious short plays like a dress rehearsal for Songs from the Second Floor.
35mm print of Songs from the Second Floor courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive, Australia.
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