There are shades of Peter Bogdanovichs 1973 Depression-set comedyPaper Moonin Argentinian director Ivan Funds melancholy road movieThe Message.

InPaper Moonthis involved the sale of inscribed bibles to grieving widows desperate for a memento of their late husbands.

Its a strange, itinerant life, and its hard to know exactly how well paid it is.

‘The Message’

‘The Message’Insomnia Films

They even have a website, it later transpires.

Most of all, however, it is a muted meditation on the meaning of it all.

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