The Longtime Resident (1961)

Original title

Старожил

Directed by

Iskander Khamrayev

Genre

comedy, family

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 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 middle-aged man who was born and worked in a small Soviet town remains there as old friends and younger people leave or change. The film follows his daily life and his quiet attachment to the place.

nostalgicquietgroundedobservationalslowearthygrittyserious

What happens

«Старожил» — художественный фильм, дебютная лента режиссёра Искандера Хамраева. Снят на киностудии Ленфильм, по сценарию Никодима Гиппиуса, в 1961 году. Основная часть съемок прошла в городе Волжский Волгоградской области. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.