‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting On Existence’ (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron)

I would like the two hours of my life spent watching this pretentious claptrap back.

Bizarre, overtly stylised, heavily staged, muted tones – a series of vaguely connected vignettes (some only seconds long) loosely exploring ethics and morality.

Banal, nonsensical, annoying – the jury at the 2014 Venice Film Festival deserve to be served up in b’stilla (Moroccan pigeon pie) in awarding this the Golden Lion.

Rating: 10%

Director: Roy Andersson (You the Living, Songs From the Second Floor)

Writer: Roy Andersson (You the Living, Songs From the Second Floor)

Main cast: Holger Andersson (You the Living), Nils Westblom (You the Living)