The Public Domain (2015)
March 1, 2015Release Date
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A bridge spanning a river collapses during rush hour. Eight years later, the lives of four people, impacted by the tragedy and on the run from their personal demons, intersect in THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, a Polish bar. It's the feast of St. Casimir, the Patron Saint of Poland, and the biggest party of the year in this Nordeast Minneapolis dive where desire, guilt, ambition and fear are served up with pierogies, Polish vodka, polka music and, maybe, a shot of redemption.
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The Public Domain is a 2015 drama film set in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The film follows characters whose lives were impacted by the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge on August 1, 2007. The story takes place seven years later. It is centered in a bar in a Polish neighborhood named The Public Domain. The time is around the feast of Saint Casimir (March 4.)
The film was shot on location in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Budget came from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, through a reimbursement program administered by the Minnesota Film & TV board Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota. To qualify, films have to be set in the state and/or have a strong Minnesota focus.