20th Century Nostalgia

20th Century Nostalgia

1997 · 93 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Romance

A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.

Directed by Masato Hara · Written by Gorô Nakajima

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