Underplayed Gems

Fugledrengen (2019)

Fugledrengen poster
Directed by
Simon Lereng Wilmont
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
22 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 12-year-old boy named Reshat lives with his family in the oil fields outside Baku, Azerbaijan. He lost his father the year before and also his five new homing pigeons flew away. A friend introduces him to an old man who trains pigeons, and Reshat starts to dream of becoming a trainer too.

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What happens

Fugledrengen er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2019 instrueret af Simon Lereng Wilmont. 12-årige Reshat bor sammen med sin mor og sin yngre bror i de endeløse oliefelter uden for Aserbajdsjans hovedstad Baku. Reshat mistede sidste år sin far. Det har skabt en stor og dyb sorg i Reshat. Stort set samtidigt mistede Reshat også sine fem nye brevduer. Duerne fløj væk, fordi han ikke vidste, hvordan han skulle træne dem. Han er sjældent rigtig glad mere, men det hjælper, da en af Reshats nære venner en dag introducerer ham til den gammel mand Rahim, der træner brevduer. Den gamle mands kærlighed til duerne vækker både drømmen om at blive brevduetræner, men også frygten for at miste, og den skal han nu overvinde. Heldigvis er drømmen stærkere end frygten. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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