Japanese

27th Tokyo International Film Festival

World Focus

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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Director:Roy Andersson

Drama

Asian Premiere

10/25 17:30- 10/27 20:20-

100min Swedish Color | 2014 Sweden=Norway=France=Germany | Distributor in Japan : Bitters End, Inc.

Introduction

Like a modern-day Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Sam and Jonathan, two traveling salesmen peddling novelty items, take us on a kaleidoscopic wandering through human destiny.

Synopsis

Three meetings with death: A man dies of a heart attack in an energetic attempt to uncork a wine bottle whilst his oblivious wife continues to prepare dinner in the kitchen. An old woman on her deathbed clutches a handbag full of jewelry whilst her sons try to seize it from her desperate grip: “You’re not allowed to take this to heaven, Mother, you’ll get new jewelry in heaven…” A passenger lies dead in the cafeteria of a ferry, having just paid for his lunch. The cashier asks: “Does anyone want this? It’s free.” Winner of Golden Lion (Grand Prix) at Venice Film Festival.

 
Schedule & TicketData

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN5

10/25 17:30 - (100min)

Tickets ¥1300(Tax included)

Tickets (student) ¥1000 | Tickets at the Door (student) ¥500 (Tax included)

チケット受付>終了

TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills SCREEN5

10/27 20:20 - (100min)

Tickets ¥1300(Tax included)

Tickets (student) ¥1000 | Tickets at the Door (student) ¥500 (Tax included)

チケット受付>終了

Situation of seats

◎: Still seats available  △: Only few seats left  ✕: Sold out

* Same-day tickets for fully-booked screenings will not be sold.


How to Buy

Tickets for some screenings/programs may be available even after sold out.



On Sale from 12:00 on Oct.11

- Online Reservation
Get a ticket board membership through your mobile phone, smartphone or PC.
Service Hours: 24 hours a day from 12:00 on Oct. 11 until 20 min. after the last screening on Oct. 31

- Telephone Reservation Oct. 11~Oct. 26
Number: 0570-060-506 (From PHS/IP Phone 0986-30-4037) An operator will assist your purchase.
10:00~20:00 every day except Oct. 11 (12:00~20:00)


On Sale form Oct.23

- TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills: Oct.23 - Oct.31 9:30am
*Tickets for TIFF Nihonbashi venue are also sold here.

- TOHO CINEMAS Nihonbashi: Oct.24 - Oct.31 9:30am
*Tickets for TIFF Roppongi venue are also sold here.


Director
Roy Andersson

Born in 1943 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He graduated from the Swedish Film School in 1969, and his first feature, A Swedish Love Story, won four prizes at Berlin Film Festival in 1970. In 1981, he founded Studio 24 in Stockholm in order to freely produce and make his films. This is also where he developed his unique filmmaking style. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the final chapter of his “The Living Trilogy”.

Staff
Director/Screenplay : Roy Andersson
Producer : Pernilla Sandström
Cinematographer : István Borbás, Gergely Pálos
Editor : Alexandra Strauss
Cast

Nils Westblorn
Holger Andersson

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