some people think of sweden in a negative way represent too neat and too clean and too serious and too organized and too northern . a people torture by their own religious fate and history and sometimes lead to depression and compulsive heavy handedness . this need not be a problem for a filmmaker and a for example the late bergman have show u what can be cinematic possible under these condition . bergman use his identity a a starting point and do not explicitly comment on this identity a such . andersson however do the reverse represent he comment only on this identity hereby dissect his people to the bone represent in his world sweden be equivalent for hell on earth . but he do not take this any further and for me this be just not art but merely annotation . despite the exceptional amount of time it take to make this filmmaker have serious limitation he clearly can not step out of . compare to his previous movie sånger från andra våningen or song from the second floor and there be also not much progress to be observe . the intention be that this be more accessible and but the difference be minimal and the few scene that try to please a large audience aren not the best in the movie . the same absurdism and minimalism also still apply and there be the one shot camera position and the ( lack of ) action in front of this shot . yes and the still be well do and some of the scene actually work and the coloring and positioning be amazing . but do that make an interesting movie . thinking in a negative way and this be cinema take a step backwards . andersson background a a maker of commercial shine through in the elaborate setup and but i find his movie about as empty a those commercial . there be a message about mankind and but it be trivial and without much depth .