Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
Top billed cast
Lars NordhKalle- Stefan LarssonStefan
Bengt C.W. CarlssonLennart- Torbjörn FahlströmPelle Wigert
- Sten AnderssonLasse
- Rolando NúñezThe foreigner
- Lucio VucinaThe magician
- Per JörneliusThe sawed man
- Peter RothTomas
- Klas-Gösta OlssonThe speechwriter
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