El inquilino (1957)
- Directed by
- José Antonio Nieves Conde
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- APTA
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 12 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.
How it feels
A man struggles to find an affordable apartment in Madrid. The film shows the difficulty of housing and the pressure this puts on people.
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What happens
The Tenant (Spanish: El inquilino) is a 1957 Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde and starring Fernando Fernán-Gómez about how difficult it was to find an affordable flat in Madrid. At the time it was banned by Spanish censors, and when it was re-released two years later, the film was edited, the dialogue was sanitized for political purposes, and the ending was changed to a happier one. It also failed at the box office. In the 90's, an un-cut and uncensored print was discovered and restored by Filmoteca Española (Spanish Cinemateque). The film is now considered a classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fifth District (1957)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.