ACACIA (2010)

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

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

An elderly former professional wrestler living a quiet life in a housing complex meets a boy abandoned by his mother. They form a fatherly bond, and together they try to reunite the boy with his father while also helping the old man reconnect with his ex-wife.

slow-burnmelancholictenderbittersweetgentleemotionally restrainedquiet

What happens

『ACACIA』（アカシア）は、2008年制作、2010年6月12日公開の日本映画。第22回東京国際映画祭コンペティション部門公式出品作品。 片田舎の団地でひっそりと余生を送っていた元悪役覆面レスラーの大魔神。そんな彼の前に母親に置き去りにされた少年タクロウと出会い、やがて親子のようにお互いに絆を深めていった。 そして現実に向き合う勇気を手に入れるため、大魔神はタクロウを父親に、タクロウは大魔神の前妻に、お互いに引き合わせようとするのであった……。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.