Rent a Family Inc. (2012)

Original title

Lej en familie A/S

Directed by

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

52 min

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.

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How it feels

This documentary follows a Danish company that rents out actors to play family members for people who need them. It shows the staged encounters and the reasons why clients hire these stand-ins.

observationalintimatehonestunderstatedpoignantthought-provokingquietneutral

What happens

Lej en familie A/S er en dokumentarfilm fra 2012 instrueret af Kaspar Astrup Schröder efter manuskript af Kaspar Astrup Schröder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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