Stranger (2015)

Original title

Жат

Directed by

Ermek Tursunov

Genre

drama film

Country

Kazakhstan

Runtime

1h 45m

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

A man returns to his rural hometown in Kazakhstan after a long absence. He tries to reconnect with his past and his estranged family, but struggles with the changes time has brought.

melancholicslow-burnintimateisolatingcontemplativeemotionally restrainedvisually starkpoignant

What happens

Stranger (Kazakh: Жат, translit. Jat) is a 2015 Kazakhstani drama film written and directed by Ermek Tursunov. The film was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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