 , also known as gate to avalon,http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267287/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_9 is a 2001 japanese-polish science fiction drama film directed by mamoru oshii and written by kazunori itÅ. the film stars maÅgorzata foremniak as a player in an illegal virtual reality video game. she must follow a quest to find a level in the game. avalon was filmed in wrocÅaw, nova huta, the modlin fortress and warsaw. ==plot==  in an alternate universe, people are addicted to an illegal simulation video game called avalon. despite its popularity, the game can leave a player catatonic. one player in the game, ash (maÅgorzata foremniak), is a very skilled warrior that plays solo in her missions. after completing one of her missions, ash cashes in her winnings for ammo and currency, whereas the game master (wÅadysÅaw kowalski) tells her that playing alone is more dangerous on the next level, and he wants her to consider joining a party. ash witnesses her own performance on the battle screen in the lobby while waiting for her money from the receptionist (katarzyna bargielowska). the next day, ash watches as bishop (dariusz biskupski), a player who spied on her the day before, breaks her record time on the class a mission. after ash attempts to find bishop's stats in frustration, ash cancels her game and requests more information about the player "bishop" from the gm, saying that she is being challenged by him. ash later runs into stunner (bartek Åwiderski), a thief class player and a member from her former party, team wizard. while eating at a cantina, stunner asks her if she heard what happened to murphy (jerzy gudejko), her former team leader. like her, he also went alone and was "lost". while ash visits murphy at the hospital, stunner informs her on a hidden character in class a, a neutral character that appears as a silent young girl with sad eyes. some of the players think that she is a bug in the program, and name her the "ghost". as ash walks through the corridor, a girl with the same characteristics as described by stunner watches ash. stunner tells her that the players who went after the "ghost" never returned and turned into &q
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