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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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DramaComedy

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An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$1472431

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

6.844/10

Release Date

24 October 2014

Country

France

Cast

Holger Andersson

Holger Andersson

Jonathan

Nisse Vestblom

Nisse Vestblom

Sam

Viktor Gyllenberg

Viktor Gyllenberg

Le Roi Charles XII

Lotti Törnros

Lotti Törnros

Le Professeur de Flamenco

Jonas Gerholm

Jonas Gerholm

Le Colonel Solitaire

Ola Stensson

Ola Stensson

Le Capitaine/Barbier

Oscar Salomonsson

Oscar Salomonsson

Le Danseur

Roger Olsen Likvern

Roger Olsen Likvern

Le Gardien

Charlotta Larsson

Charlotta Larsson

Lotta la Boiteuse

Göran Holm

Göran Holm

Bargäst

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