Kerosene Salesman's Wife (1989)

Original title

Жена керосинщика

Directed by

Alexander Kaidanovsky

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 11 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 woman is stuck in a grim, isolated life with her husband who sells kerosene. Strange events and a dreamlike atmosphere pull her into a world where reality and fantasy blur.

dreamlikeunsettlingslow-burnmelancholicbleakvisually lushcerebralmysterious

What happens

Kerosene Salesman's Wife (Russian: Жена керосинщика) is a 1988 Soviet fantasy drama film directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky. (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.