Synopsis
In a desolate and colorless landscape stands a dilapidated bathhouse run by a puffed-up blind man, his long-suffering wife and their son Anton, who does all the work. He's lonely and unsophisticated, and he falls in love with the beautiful Eva, who comes to bathe with her father. When Eva and her father lose their home, they come to the bathhouse to stay, but bits of the ceiling fall on the old man and he dies. Eva blames Anton, and she seems to seek the arms of the brute Gregor. Can Anton win back her heart, get the bathhouse through a rigorous government inspection, and help keep his parents employed? Waiting out there somewhere is the paradise isle of Tuvalu.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
23.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
26.4%
Critic Consensus
70.8% Fresh • 24 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 71% of 24 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, lighthearted, macabre. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
visually strikinglightheartedmacabrethought-provokingfunnyemotionalstylizedsurrealromantic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| N/A |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score73.0
RT critic review count26
Rotten Tomatoes audience score89.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.3
IMDb votes2,882
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2001 | $411,678 | $729,212 |
| International | 2001 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2001 | $411,678 | $729,212 |
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 | 2001 | $205,839 | $364,606 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2001 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2001 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2001 | $5,957,000 | $10,551,728 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2001 | $8,900,000 | $15,764,710 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2001 | $172,905 | $306,269 |
| Total Revenues | 2001 | $15,235,744 | $26,987,312 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2001 | $360,000 (est) | $637,674 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2001 | $329,000 (est) | $582,763 (est) |
| Participations | 2001 | $609,000 | $1,078,731 |
| Residuals ? | 2001 | $1,099,000 | $1,946,676 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2001 | $72,000 | $127,535 |
| Total Expenses | 2001 | $2,469,000 | $4,373,378 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2001 | $12,766,744 | $22,613,934 |
Similar Movies
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|---|
 | Life Is Beautiful | 1998 | Shared genres: 4 | 95.2 | $112,743,538 |
 | Good Bye Lenin! | 2004 | Shared genres: 4 | 86.1 | $47,020,884 |
 | All About My Mother | 1999 | Shared genres: 4 | 85.7 | $-621,537,501 |
 | A Man Called Ove | 2016 | Shared genres: 4 | 81.9 | $18,595,413 |
 | Chhichhore | 2019 | Shared genres: 4 | 76.9 | $5,830,756 |
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 $3,898,000, DVD $5,002,000, BluRay $0
- 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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