Meanwhile on Earth

Death, in all its bare finality, triggers a series of practicalities that need to be taken care of, before our time with the living is over and out. Funerary rituals include a set of standardized procedures that tone down even the shattering realization of mortality. An elusive and idiosyncratic documentary built in a world of biting symmetry and eerie ambiance, which navigates through the invisible pathways of Sweden’s “last residence industry.” Illustrating a wide spectre of subtle contrasts, such as juxtaposing the banal everyday noise and conversations with the mournful silence, this tale of transit unites the sacred with the profane.