Life or Death (1954)

Original title

حياة أو موت

Directed by

Kamal El Sheikh

Genre

drama, thriller

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

G

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man faces a life-threatening situation with a limited amount of time to resolve it. The film follows his desperate race against the clock.

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What happens

Life or Death (Arabic: حياة أو موت, romanized: Ḥayāh aw Mawt) is a 1954 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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