Avalon (2001)

Directed by

Mamoru Oshii

Genre

cyberpunk, science fiction film, dystopian film

Country

Poland, Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 352 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Ash plays an illegal virtual reality game in a dystopian world. She searches for the secrets behind the game's mysterious levels. Her sense of reality begins to break down.

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What happens

Avalon (Japanese: アヴァロン, Hepburn: Avaron), also known as Gate to Avalon, is a 2001 Polish-language science fiction drama film directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itō. An international co-production of Japan and Poland, the film stars Małgorzata Foremniak as Ash, a player in an illegal virtual reality video game whose sense of reality is challenged as she attempts to unravel the true nature and purpose of the game. Avalon was filmed in Wrocław, Nowa Huta, the Modlin Fortress and Warsaw. The 2009 film Assault Girls, which was written and directed by Oshii, is a stand-alone sequel set in the same fictional universe as Avalon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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