Synopsis
In the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to investigate? On the surface, faces are beautiful, colors bright, clothes trendy. Beneath, little is clear: some talk to Paula as if she's Alice in Wonderland, corpses pile up, and ideological struggles insert themselves. A murder victim's nephew and a political party's hired hands hover around Paula. Is obscuring things her goal or is it life that's obscure?
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
10.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
26.5%
Critic Consensus
83.3% Fresh • 18 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 18 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thought-provoking, stylized, political. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
thought-provokingstylizedpoliticalvisually strikingfunnycharacter-driven
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score85.0
RT critic review count20
Rotten Tomatoes audience score59.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating5.2
IMDb votes9
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2009 | $95,209 | $139,240 |
| International | 2009 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2009 | $95,209 | $139,240 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2009 | $47,604 | $69,620 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2009 | $831,000 | $1,215,313 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2009 | $266,000 | $389,017 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2009 | $3,393,000 | $4,962,164 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2009 | $7,250,000 | $10,602,914 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2009 | $47,604 | $69,620 |
| Total Revenues | 2009 | $11,835,209 | $17,308,648 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2009 | $50,000 | $73,124 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2009 | $80,000 (est) | $116,998 (est) |
| Participations | 2009 | $473,000 | $691,749 |
| Residuals ? | 2009 | $825,000 | $1,206,538 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2009 | $10,000 | $14,625 |
| Total Expenses | 2009 | $1,438,000 | $2,103,033 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2009 | $10,397,209 | $15,205,615 |
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Tooltips
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $6,750,000, BluRay $500,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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