The Year Before the War (2021)
- Original title
- Gads pirms kara
- Directed by
- Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
- Genre
- thriller film, historical film
- Country
- Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- 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 foreign Latvian anarchist travels across Europe. The film follows his journey as a historical thriller.
surrealtenseatmosphericslow-burnbroodingunsettlingominouscerebral
What happens
The Year Before the War (Latvian: Gads pirms kara) is a 2021 surrealist historical thriller film co-written and directed by Dāvis Sīmanis. It is about the journey across Europe of Peter Piaktow, a foreign Latvian anarchist. It is a co-production between Latvia, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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