Days of Darkness (2007)
- Original title
- L'âge des ténèbres
- Directed by
- Denys Arcand
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- France, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 75 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 depressed Quebecois bureaucrat feels insignificant in his real life. He retreats into a fantasy world to escape his mundane existence.
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What happens
Days of Darkness (French: L'Âge des ténèbres), also known as The Age of Ignorance, is a 2007 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger and Sylvie Léonard. Presented as the third part of Arcand's loose trilogy also consisting of The Decline of the American Empire (1986) and The Barbarian Invasions (2003), it was followed by a fourth film with similar themes, The Fall of the American Empire (2018). The film follows a depressed québecois bureaucrat who, feeling insignificant, retreats into a fantasy world. The film was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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