The Sleep of the Island (1994)

Original title

Somnul insulei

Directed by

Mircea Veroiu

Genre

drama

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 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 man arrives on a remote island and becomes entangled in the secrets of its isolated community. The film follows his slow unraveling as he confronts hidden truths and his own past.

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What happens

The Sleep of the Island is a Romanian film from 1994 directed by Mircea Veroiu, inspired from the novel The Second Messenger written by Bujor Nedelcovici. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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