Comédie dramatique

French

Moscou à New-York (Moscow on the Hudson)

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The Moscow circus troupe comes to NY city on tour. While his clown friend, who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seek political asylum, cops out, sax player Vladimir Ivanoff runs from his Soviet controllers in a big department store. Chased by both KGB and FBI, and protected by a security guard, he falls in love with a sales assistant…

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Intervista

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A Japanese-television crew show up interview Fellini as he attempts to film an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s America, and are treated to his fanciful recollections of his early days in the movie industry. Il Maestro takes the viewer behind the scenes at Cinecittà.

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The Traveling Circus (Troupe de cirque ambulant or Ganh xiec rong)

Title The Traveling Circus (Troupe de cirque ambulant or Ganh xiec rong)
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A little traveling circus arrives in a Vietnam’s central highlands. The artists bring in the magic and illusion of entertainment, and take advantage of townsfolk’s gullibility to sow seeds of doubt and disarray in their minds.

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Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le pont)

Title Girl on the Bridge (La Fille sur le pont)
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The plot centres around knifethrower Gabor and a girl called Adèle, who intends to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. Gabor intervenes to prevent the suicide and persuades Adèle to become the target girl in his knifethrowing act. The film then follows their relationship as they travel around Europe with the act. Their companionship and teamwork mean great luck for both of them. Then they get separated and their lives once again become luckless…

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Big Fish

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A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father’s life.

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22. 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (Around a Small Mountain)

Title 22. 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (Around a Small Mountain)
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On the eve of the summer tour, the owner and founder of a small circus dies tragically. To try and save the season, the troupe decide to call in his eldest daughter Kate. Though Kate left the circus neraly fifteen years before, much to everyone’s surprise she agrees to return and join them. As chance will have it, on the way she meets an Italian, Vittorio, who is intrigued by Kate’s character and gets so enthusiastic about circus life that he decides to follow them for a while. He gradually becomes part of the company’s life and even of the show.

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Balada Triste (Balada Triste de Trompeta)

Title Balada Triste (Balada Triste de Trompeta)
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1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Civil War. The Happy clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by Republican militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single-handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. The clown’s son, Javier, dreams of following in his father's career footsteps, but has seen too much tragedy in his life — he's simply not funny and only equipped to play the Sad Clown.

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Blowing Bubbles

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Clown Bubbles likes making people laugh and above all, shocking the audience. However, his performance routine gets disrupted by the departure of the Bearded Woman…

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Blowing Bubbles

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Le clown Bubbles aime faire rire et surtout choquer son auditoire. Sa performance routinière se voit pourtant perturber par le départ de la femme à barbe.

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36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup

Title 36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup
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A la veille de la tournée d'été, le propriétaire et fondateur d'un petit cirque décède brutalement. Pour essayer de sauver la saison, la troupe décide de faire appel à sa fille aînée Kate. Bien que cette dernière ait quitté le cirque depuis une quinzaine d'années, elle accepte à la surprise générale de mettre entre parenthèses ses activités actuelles et de les rejoindre. Le hasard met sur sa route un Italien Vittorio. Intrigué par la personnalité de Kate et passionné par la vie du cirque, celui-ci décide de faire un bout de chemin avec eux.

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