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| A couple are floating away under grey clouds on this grey-toned poster for Roy Andersson's About Endlessness |
The priest who has lost his faith, - and who doesn't find much care or comfort at the psychologist's office, - is the through-line motif.
About Endlessness is written and directed by great Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson (Lördagen den 5.10 (1969)).
Andersson's latest, and likely his last feature, repeats his familiar style with a long row of more or less poignant tableaus. But the Swedish reality outside of Andersson's creative universe unfortunately seems to have changed more at this point, than the auteur is able to reflect (and likely understand.) And About Endlessness feels somewhat ritualistic.
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: Reportedly 4.558 mil. €, approximately 4.68 mil. $
Box office: In excess of 434k $
= Some uncertainty but likely a box office disaster (projected return of 0.16 times its cost)
[About Endlessness premiered 3 September (Venice Film Festival) and runs 78 minutes. Shooting took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The film opened #31 to an 8k $ first weekend in 17 theaters in North America, where it did not achieve a higher position and grossed 51k $. The film's Box Office Mojo site regrettably is missing its likely most important market (Sweden), with Germany the biggest one recorded there with 193k $. A projected final gross with Sweden and a small (also unlisted) contribution from Denmark also, is 750k $. The film won a European Film award, 1/4 Guldbagge awards and the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, among other honors. Andersson, who was 76 at the time of the film's release, has not returned with a film since and has likely retired. About Endlessness is certified fresh at 94 % with an 8.10/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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