Underplayed Gems

A Life Begins (2010)

A Life Begins poster
Original title
Une vie qui commence
Directed by
Michel Monty
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
G
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 family copes with a mother's terminal illness. Her teenage son struggles to connect with his grieving father and confronts his own coming of age.

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What happens

A Life Begins (French: Une vie qui commence) is a 2010 Canadian French language drama film, directed and written by Michel Monty, his debut long feature. The film's original working title was Cent milliards de neurones ("One Hundred Billion Neurons"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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