Cinema 500 km (2006)

Original title

السينما 500 كم

Directed by

Abdullah Al-Eyaf

Genre

documentary film

Country

Saudi Arabia

Runtime

45 min

Rating

2.5 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 young Saudi man who loves movies but has no cinema in his country applies for a passport and travels 500 kilometers to Bahrain to watch a film in a theater for the first time.

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What happens

Cinema 500 km (Arabic: السينما 500 كم) is a 2006 Saudi Arabian documentary film and was directed by Abdullah Al-Eyaf. The film depicts the experiences of Tariq Al-Husaini, a 21-year-old Saudi movie fan despite no cinemas and are available only on home video in Saudi Arabia. Al-Husaini is shown applying for a passport and traveling 500 kilometers to Bahrain to see a movie in a cinema for the first time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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