Waiting for Casimir (2024)
- Original title
- En attendant Casimir
- Directed by
- Christian Mathieu Fournier
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- 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 documentary follows senior citizens living in a Quebec retirement home. It draws parallels between their quiet, uneventful daily life and the themes found in Waiting for Godot and Edward Hopper's paintings.
slow-burnmelancholicstillcontemplativequietintimatereflective
What happens
Waiting for Casimir (French: En attendant Casimir) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Christian Mathieu Fournier and released in 2024. The film profiles a group of senior citizens living in a retirement home in Saint-Casimir, Quebec, drawing impressionistic parallels between their situation in a dreary environment marked by the slow passage of time and the relative lack of excitement and stimulation with cultural touchstones such as Waiting for Godot and the paintings of Edward Hopper. The film premiered on December 6, 2024, at the Cinémathèque québécoise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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