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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Comedy, Drama - 2014
7.0
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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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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
24 Oct 2014
Country:
SE, FR, DE, NO
Languages:
English, Swedish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,472,431
Awards:
4 wins & 24 nominations.

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fresh:
"Pigeon" is a master class in comic timing, employing pacing and repetition with the skill of a practiced concert pianist.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Sep 2014
fresh:
Though it abounds in the kind of sardonic humor intrinsic to life's absurdities, the film is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. In a nutshell, quiet desperation prevails.
– Deborah Young,
Hollywood Reporter,
2 Sep 2014
fresh:
The director's modus operandi-static, meticulously arranged long takes, shot in deep focus to use background and foreground space-is so entirely unique that it's impossible to not to get some joy out of just gawking at his films.
– A.A. Dowd,
AV Club,
11 Sep 2014
fresh:
Unspooling in 37 comic vignettes, these are Monty Python sketches as written by an existentialist philosopher.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
20 Apr 2015
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