Liebestraum (1991)
- Directed by
- Mike Figgis
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 22 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
An architect professor visits a small Illinois town to see his dying birthmother. He starts an affair with his college friend's wife, a photographer, while the demolition of a historic building linked to an old murder-suicide hangs over the story.
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What happens
Liebestraum (lit. transl. "dream of love") is a 1991 American mystery film written and directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Zach Grenier, Alicia Witt, Taina Elg, and Kim Novak in her last film role to date. Set in a small Illinois town, it follows an architect professor who begins an affair with his college friend's photographer wife while visiting his dying birthmother. The film is set against the backdrop of the demolition of an abandoned historic building where a murder–suicide occurred decades prior. It takes its name from Franz Liszt's piano nocturnes Liebesträume (1850). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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