You, the Living (Du levande) is the fourth feature film by Swedish director Roy Andersson. Stylistically similar to the previous work Songs from the Second Floor, it describes a day in the lives of a few people in a surreal alienated Gothenburg in numerous loosely connected episodes. The stories told range from tragicomic to grotesque; the underlying themes range from alienation and impossibility of communication to loss of reality and hope. The staging is reminiscent of tableaux vivants; other aspects of the highly stylized imagery are the exclusive use of static long shots and desaturated colors. The title You, the living refers to a quote from Goethe's tenth Roman Elegy (Rejoice also, Lebendger, der lieberwarmten Stätte, / Before the fleeing foot gruesomely Lethe wets), which serves as the motto of the film. In the film, a tram appears that goes to Lethe.
