The Guardian of the Light (2018)
- Original title
- Шыракшы
- Directed by
- Ermek Tursunov
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- 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 young Kazakh soldier spares an elderly German man after World War II and receives a portable projector and films as a gift. Decades later, he travels to remote villages to show movies, but the arrival of professional cinemas forces him to keep moving farther away.
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