Calm at Sea (2011)
- Original title
- La Mer à l'aube
- Directed by
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 16+
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 20 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
In 1941, a group of French communists are taken hostage by German forces after a resistance assassination. The film follows their final days, focusing on the youngest prisoner, a 17 year old boy named Guy Moquet.
somberhistoricaltragicrestrainedsoberingatmosphericslow-pacedpoignant
What happens
Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Polisse (2011)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.