Martin Scorsese finally confirms he made Tumblr mafia film Goncharov

The film became unforgettable gold when the image of the mysterious shoe label was reblogged in 2020 with the caption “That idiot has not seen Goncharov”.

The official Tumblr account even touched on the film’s popularity in a tweet Earlier this week: “Goncharov was inexplicably ahead [its] Time and his contribution to cinema is remarkable. Rarely does a film tell so many diverse and yet interconnected stories. It’s hard to believe that so few people have seen it.”

Reports in the New York Times and the Guardian followed. Forbes speculated that the unusual shoe label may have misspelled ‘Gomorrah,’ the 2008 Italian drama about the Naples Mafia directed by Matteo Garrone. Scorsese’s name was used in marketing materials at the time.

The discussion about “Goncharov” reached such a high point that Scorsese’s daughter Francesca addressed the film on TikTok on Friday. The 23-year-old said she sent her father the Times article about the social media phenomenon and asked if he had seen it.

“Yes. I did that movie years ago,” Scorsese replied, seemingly caught up in the joke.

Scorsese’s recent works include Personality Crisis: One Night Only, The Eternal Daughter, The Last Movie Stars, Theodore Roosevelt and Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel.

…and maybe a re-release of “Goncharov”?