A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
- Original title
- Человек с бульвара Капуцинов
- Directed by
- Alla Surikova
- Genre
- comedy film, Western film, Red Western
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 12+
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 105 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man arrives in a Wild West town and introduces the locals to the new invention of cinema. The townspeople are transformed by the moving pictures they see.
comediclightheartednostalgicwhimsicalplayfulwarmgentlespirited
What happens
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Russian: Человек с бульвара Капуцинов, romanized: Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) is a 1987 Red Western comedy film (Mosfilm production) directed by Alla Surikova, with nods to silent film and the transforming power of celluloid. The film had the highest ratings in the Soviet Union in 1987, with 60 million viewers. It became most successful film at the box office that was released in the USSR in 1987. The title of the film is a reference to the Paris address of the first establishment of Lumiere Brothers, the filmmaking trailblazers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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