This book by renowned Russian film critic Anton Dolin is a lively conversation between the author and the director, revealing the key, profound, and subtle elements of a unique cinematic universe.

Roy Andersson—hailed as the successor to Bergman and the creator of his own cinematic world—is the most famous living Swedish director. In 2014, he won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for *A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence*. That film marked the final installment of a trilogy on the human condition, which began in 2000 with *Songs from the Second Floor* and continued in 2007 with *You, the Living*. At the 2019 Venice Film Festival, Andersson presented a new work, *About Endlessness*, and was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director.