Though the laughs in Songs From The Second Floor tend to stick in the throat, they're also cathartic and oddly comforting, because the world outside the movie theater is bound to look cheerier than the one on the screen.
Despite some deadpan, Jacques Tati-like orchestration and occasional sight gags, there's no real pleasure in the game -- Songs From the Second Floor is more absurd than funny.
Production Company
Arte France Cinéma,
Canal+,
Coproduction Office,
Danmarks Radio (DR),
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Easy Film,
Essential Filmproduktion GmbH,
Konstnärsnämnden,
La Sept,
Nordisk Film & TV-Fond,
Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK),
Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB,
SVT Drama,
Société Parisienne de Production,
Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI),
ZDF/Arte