The Book of Crystal (1996)
- Original title
- Le Livre de cristal
- Directed by
- Patricia Plattner
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- France, Portugal, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 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 Buddhist texts scholar travels to Sri Lanka to study crystal tablets. His stay gets disrupted by memories of his late wife, the Tamil guerrilla conflict, and meeting a French woman.
contemplativemelancholicslow-burnintrospectivequietatmosphericpoignantgrounded
What happens
Le Livre de cristal est un film franco-luso-suisse réalisé par Patricia Plattner et sorti en 1996. Un grand spécialiste des textes bouddhiques se rend au Sri Lanka pour déchiffrer des tablettes de cristal. Son séjour est perturbé par le souvenir de sa défunte femme, la guérilla tamoule et sa rencontre avec une Française. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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