The Bottomless Bag
Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's In a Grove, story takes place during the times of Tsar Alexander II. A lady-in-waiting tells the Emperor in his bedroom a metaphysical story about a 13th century prince who is killed in the woods under mysterious circumstances. Fairy tale characters who have witnessed the terrible death, all share their version of the events, gradually shedding light on what really happened.
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Cast
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Rustam Khamdamov Director · Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Story Petr Dukhovskoy Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $57K · Budget $2.5M · First release June 27, 2017
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Budget
$2,500,000
Worldwide gross
$57,420
Production
Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky
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Rustam Khamdamov Studio
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Art Science and Sport
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Kosmosfilm
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Kristel
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Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Production
Russia
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Original title
Мешок без дна
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
French · Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 27, 2017
Premiere · 39th Moscow International Film Festival
Russia · January 18, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 20, 2018 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Latvia
September 22, 2018 · Festival Baltic Pearl premiere
Netherlands
January 1, 2018 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Poland
November 11, 2018 · Sputnik Russian Film Festival
Spain
April 1, 2018 · Las Palmas International Film Festival
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