City of Shadows (2010)
- Original title
- La Cité
- Directed by
- Kim Nguyen
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.5 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.
How it feels
A war doctor in North Africa stumbles into a city hit by an outbreak of bubonic plague. He works to contain the disease as the community breaks down around him.
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What happens
City of Shadows (French: La Cité) is a 2010 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Kim Nguyen. Partially inspired by but not a direct adaptation of Albert Camus's novel The Plague, the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Maxime Vincent, a war doctor serving in North Africa who comes across a city dealing with an outbreak of bubonic plague. The cast also includes Claude Legault, Pierre Lebeau, Sabine Karsenti, Lotfi Abdelli and Lotfi Dziri. The film was shot in Tunisia in 2008, but commercial release was delayed until 2010 by financial problems at original distributor Christal Films. It received five Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards, for Best Director (Nguyen), Best Cinematography (Nicolas Bolduc), Best Art Direction (Patrice Vermette), Best Costume Design (Mariane Carter) and Best Original Music (Philippe Héritier). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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