Overview
A whimsical journey to the Wild West where cinema meets cowboy culture in a delightful musical adventure.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- warm
- uplifting
- lazy sunday
- classic cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Andrey Mironov's charming performance and the film's affectionate vision of cinema as a force that briefly brings out the best in a violent frontier community.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Johnny First brings the Lumière program and civilized ideals into an unruly Wild West saloon, reversing the usual hierarchy of frontier values.
First's screenings temporarily reform the saloon regulars and reveal their better qualities.
Johnny First's quiet manner and noble conduct contrast with the saloon's fighting, gunfire, and unrestrained habits.
The film combines western characters and saloon conflict with musical-comedy presentation and cinematic spectacle.
Films like A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines, and why
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
shared Red Western playfulness, genre parody, and idealistic cultural transformation
Blazing Saddles
shared western setting, broad comedy, musical energy, and affectionate send-up of frontier conventions
Cinema Paradiso
shared film-within-a-film premise, comic tone, and belief in cinema's emotional power
The Man from Nowhere
shared Soviet-era western stylization, adventure comedy, and ensemble frontier characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Alla Surikova
- Release Date
- 1987-06-23
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (105)
Cast
- Andrey Mironov
- Aleksandra Yakovleva
- Mikhail Boyarskiy
- Oleg Tabakov
- Nikolai Karachentsov
- Igor Kvasha
- Lev Durov
- Galina Polskikh
- Natalya Krachkovskaya
- Natalya Fateyeva
Common questions
- What is A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines about?
- A gentle Soviet Red Western turns a traveling cinematograph exhibitor into an unlikely force for romance, reform, and frontier wonder.
- What is A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines as mild.
- What did critics think of A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines?
- Critics broadly praised Andrey Mironov's charming performance and the film's affectionate vision of cinema as a force that briefly brings out the best in a violent frontier community.
- Which films are like A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines?
- Films with a similar feel include The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Blazing Saddles, Cinema Paradiso, and The Man from Nowhere.
- How long is A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines?
- A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines runs 98 minutes.
