Frames

In this engaging tale, Valentino, a film archivist at UCLA, stumbles upon a long-abandoned movie palace where he discovers a hidden skeleton and valuable reels of Erich von Stroheim's lost film, Greed. As the LAPD seeks to confiscate the reels as evidence, Valentino has just 72 hours to solve the mystery of the murder with the help of his mentor, the film scholar Broadhead, and a quirky law student named Fanta. Amidst a budding romance with a forensics investigator and eerie encounters with von Stroheim's ghost, Valentino embarks on a frantic quest to protect his cinematic treasure, blending suspense with the charm of a classic screwball comedy.