Synopsis
Masterfully edited from nearly 200 hours of footage, PAPIROSEN represents a decade of filmmaking, and four generations of Argentine director Gastón Solnicki's family history, culled from 8mm home videos, a VHS bar mitzvah, and original observational material. His father, Victor, emerges as the lead figure, but Solnicki highlights the entire clan. Beginning with the birth of his nephew, Mateo, and punctuated throughout by interviews with his grandmother, Pola, a Holocaust survivor, the film's scope is simultaneously epic and intimate. PAPIROSEN is a meditation on family, history, the importance of storytelling, and the power of cinema itself. OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York Jewish Film Festival
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
4.6%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
6.7%
Critic Consensus
85.7% Fresh • 7 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 86% of 7 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, character-driven, emotional. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
family-friendlycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score86.0
RT critic review count7
Rotten Tomatoes audience score44.0
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes184
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2014 | $5,658 | $7,499 |
| International | 2014 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2014 | $5,658 | $7,499 |
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 | 2014 | $2,829 | $3,749 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2014 | $185,000 | $245,182 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2014 | $147,000 | $194,820 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2014 | $211,000 | $279,640 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2014 | $569,000 | $754,099 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2014 | $68,100 | $90,253 |
| Total Revenues | 2014 | $1,182,929 | $1,567,743 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2014 | $227,000 (est) | $300,845 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2014 | $80,000 (est) | $106,025 (est) |
| Participations | 2014 | $24,000 | $31,807 |
| Residuals ? | 2014 | $65,000 | $86,145 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2014 | $45,400 | $60,169 |
| Total Expenses | 2014 | $441,400 | $584,990 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2014 | $741,529 | $982,753 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- 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 $397,000, BluRay $172,000
- 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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