Der Besucher (1991)

Directed by

Dror Zahavi, Jürgen Roland

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 24m

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 surreal drama uses the metaphor of a visitor to critique German reunification. The film depicts a country that has fallen out of balance.

surrealdisturbingcriticalmetaphoricaldisorientingthought-provokingslow-pacedbleak

What happens

Der Besucher ist ein Kinofilm des aus Israel stammenden Regisseurs Dror Zahavi, der mit den Mitteln des Surrealismus einen kritischen Blick auf die deutsche Wiedervereinigung wirft. Die metaphorische Schilderung eines Landes, das aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten ist, stellt den letzten Film der DEFA dar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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