Movie

America in the Bathhouse

1982 · 90 min

A gentle, folksy comedy with musical numbers, poking fun at rural greed and romantic scheming in a leisurely, good-natured way.

Overview: The resourceful rural tailor Vincas offers the wealthy but tight-fisted landowner Antanas to lend his impoverished neighbor a couple of thousand rubles and in return get his daughter Agota as a wife with a large dowry. Then Vincas easily persuades Agota to steal the borrowed money from her father and flee to America together...
How it feels: Satirical, light, whimsical and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Class, greed, deception, family
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
greed
deception
family
freedom
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild