“You, the living is about the human being, about her greatness and her miserableness, her joy and sorrow, her self-confidence and anxiety. A being at whom we want to laugh and also cry for. It is simply a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy about us.” ?Press notes Filmmaker Roy Andersson has only directed four films in almost four decades, and he returns with this picaresque, absurd, hilarious, and perceptive look at the fruitlessness of modern life. Filmed, as usual, as a series of observational tableaux, Andersson’s meticulously constructed frames speak volumes about humanity as it stands right now. A companion piece to the similar Songs from the Second Floor, there is no topic that goes untouched, and no character not completely recognizable. Stylistically and thematically distinctive, Andersson has crafted another droll, despairing, and somehow hopeful film about life.