All Souls' Day (1961)

Original title

Zaduszki

Directed by

Tadeusz Konwicki

Genre

drama film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 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

Two people carry the emotional scars of World War II. They meet and talk about their traumatic past.

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What happens

All Souls' Day or Hallowe'en is the English title for Zaduszki, a film released in 1962, directed by the Polish film director Tadeusz Konwicki. Much like Konwicki's 1958 film The Last Day of Summer, All Souls' Day is a story of survivors and the lasting psychic damage of World War II. In both films, the director embraces his position as a film amateur, self-consciously avoiding genre conventions. Unlike his earlier effort, however, All Souls' Day is driven by more conventional plot and dialogue elements that move beyond experimental filmmaking. The film won the Special Jury Award at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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