Al-Asuar (1979)

Original title

الأسوار

Directed by

Mohamed Shukri Jameel

Genre

drama

Country

Iraq

Runtime

1h 34m

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

This Iraqi film from 1979 follows the struggles of people living in a traditional society. It shows how their lives are shaped by the walls around them.

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What happens

الأسوار فيلم عراقي انتج عام 1979 من إخراج محمد شكري جميل. يعتبر هذا الفيلم هو البداية الحقيقة للأفلام السينيمائية في العراق. (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.