La Piscina (2013)
- Original title
- La piscina
- Directed by
- Carlos Machado Quintela
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Cuba
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- 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 family in Cuba deals with the dry summer heat and the emptiness around their swimming pool. The story follows their quiet routines and unspoken tensions as they wait for something to change.
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What happens
The Swimming Pool (Spanish: La Piscina) is a 2012 Cuban art house film directed by Carlos M. Quintela and produced by Cuban-Canadian filmmaker Sebastian Barriuso. The film premiered at the 2012 Havana Film Festival, and later showed at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival as part of the Panorama Special section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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