Avalon

Name: Avalon
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Released: 2001-01-01

2001 film by Mamoru Oshii

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Released: 2001
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenwriter: Kazunori Itō
Cast: Małgorzata Foremniak
, Władysław Kowalski
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, Jerzy Gudejko
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, Adam Szyszkowski
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Runtime: 107 min
Genre: science fiction film
, dystopian film
, cyberpunk
Country of origin: Japan
, Poland
Original language: Polish

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Avalon , also known as Gate to Avalon, is a 2001 Polish-language science fiction drama film directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itō. An international co-production of Japan and Poland, the film stars Małgorzata Foremniak as Ash, a player in an illegal virtual reality video game whose sense of reality is challenged as she attempts to unravel the true nature and purpose of the game.

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Website: miramax.com/movie/avalon
Main subject: telepresence
Title: Avalon
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Film editor: Hiroshi Okuda
Color: color
Director of photography: Grzegorz Kędzierski
Distribution format: video on demand
Different from: Avalon
Review score: 83%(October 8, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 6 critic review
6.9/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1
Production designer: Barbara Nowak
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Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence
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Filming location: Warsaw
Wrocław

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