---
title: 'Songs from the Second Floor (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Andersson'
released: '2000-10-06'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/songs-from-the-second-floor-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120263/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2000 · 98 min · Drama · France, Sweden, Norway

Original title: Sånger från andra våningen

## Synopsis

Songs from the Second Floor is a Swedish black comedy-drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 October 2000, written and directed by Roy Andersson. It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. It uses quotations from the work of Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 73rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-andersson)
- **Screenplay:** [Roy Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-andersson)
- **Editor:** [Roy Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-andersson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benny Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-andersson)
- **Producer:** [Lisa Alwert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-alwert)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jesper Klevenås](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesper-klevenas)

## Cast

- [Bengt C.W. Carlsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-c-w-carlsson)
- [Lars Nordh](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-nordh)
- [Klas Gösta Olsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/klas-gosta-olsson)

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