Ratón de ferretería (1985)
- Original title
- Ratón en Ferretería
- Directed by
- Román Chalbaud
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Venezuela
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 4 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.
How it feels
A hardware store worker in Venezuela finds his life unraveling. The story follows his personal struggles and the pressures that surround him.
melancholicdramaticurbanbleakslow-burnpsychologicalcharacter-drivenlow-key
What happens
Ratón de ferretería (English: Hardware Store Mouse or Mouse On) is a Venezuelan play written by Román Chalbaud, and the film adaptation directed by Chalbaud and written for the screen by Ibsen Martínez. While the play is considered an important and impressive work of theatre within Chalbaud's canon, the film has less significance in his filmography. It was a box office and critical disappointment, with Martínez's contributions particularly panned. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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