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Synopsis
During the summer of 2016, a fishing boat off the shores of Iceland made a most curious catch: four reels of 35mm film, seemingly of Soviet provenance. Unlike the film find explored in Bill Morrison’s Dawson City: Frozen Time, it turned out this discovery wasn’t a lost work of major importance, but an incomplete print of a popular Soviet comedy from 1969, starring the beloved Russian actor Mihail Žarov. Does that mean it has no value? Morrison thought not. To him, the heavily water-damaged print, and the way it surfaced, could be seen as a fitting reflection on the film work of Žarov, who re-emerges from the bottom of the sea 50 years later like a Russian Rip Van Winkle, to a world where reels of film are as antiquated as the Soviet Union. But if celluloid film is the only medium that can survive the ocean, how will future generations remember us?
Metrics
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $3,155 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,701-18,800) | 18,710 | $2,839 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 40,801-40,900) | 40,843 | $2,839 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 22nd, 2021 (Limited) by Kino Lorber, released as The Village Detective: A Song Cycle |
| Video Release: | October 20th, 2021 by Kino Lorber, released as The Village Detective: A Song Cycle |
| Running Time: | 81 minutes |
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| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Films |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Russian |