Marian (1996)
- Directed by
- Petr Václav
- Genre
- drama film, fiction film
- Country
- Czech Republic, France
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 8 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
This film uses flashbacks to show how a 22-year-old Czech Romani man ended up in prison. He grew up with an alcoholic father and a neglectful mother, then suffered in a government orphanage where he was labeled a problem child. A brief bond with a kind teacher gave him hope, but after being punished he stabbed her. Released from juvenile reformatory, he experiences love for the first time but cannot handle it, and his past cruelty seems to doom him to a life of crime.
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