Du Levande translates to You, The Living, and it follows the last moments of the citizens of a Swedish city before it gets bombed, while they are still alive. You don't know this until the end though, so it's basically a collage of random bits of pieces of people's lives. The entire time I was watching it, I thought, "What am I watching?" and half the time I didn't know. Some of the last moments are funny, some sad, some drab, some dull, none exciting or bright. The movie has too many characters (most of them meaningless) and no story--not a good combination. The movie relies too heavily on composition; it is filled with static wide shots and almost nothing else. There are no close-ups, so no facial expression, human connection, or emotion can be gleaned from the movie.I guess the music was pretty good. It was eccentric, which fit the mood of the movie perfectly. And some of the movie was really, really hilarious. The first dream sequence where a man tries the tablecloth trick to cheer up a gloomy family he doesn't know, fails, gets tried in front of judges that have beer brought to them before they make their decision, and then is executed in an electric chair for it--brilliant! The rest I didn't care for, though. It was a terrible movie, with a couple funny parts, but no redeeming qualities. Don't waste your time with this movie. Hopefully it won't even get released in the States.
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0445336/