Defying Fate (1975)

Original title

Liktenim spītējot

Directed by

Ēriks Lācis

Genre

drama, history, tv movie

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 14m

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 Soviet two-part TV film from 1975 based on a Latvian novel. It follows a water carrier whose life is shaped by personal struggles and societal expectations in a rural setting.

dramaticemotionalreflectivebittersweetslow-burnmelancholichumanisticnostalgic

What happens

«Наперекор судьбе» — советский двухсерийный телефильм 1975 года снятый на Рижской киностудии режиссёром Эриксом Лацисом по мотивам романа «Водонос» латышской писательницы Илзе Индране. (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.