From Vietnam (1978)

Original title

獅子山下：來客

Directed by

Ann Hui

Genre

drama film

Country

British Hong Kong

Runtime

49 min

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 Vietnamese teenager arrives in Hong Kong as a stowaway and looks up his cousin for help finding work. He becomes an apprentice to a Vietnamese painter, but later uncovers his cousin's shameful secret, and the painter faces deportation as an illegal resident.

poignantmelancholicgroundedslow-burntenseintimateunderstatedsocially awareuneasy

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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.