Comédie

French

Conozca la cabeza de Juan Pérez

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Away from his body, the severed head of Juan Perez the Great (a low life magician of a small urban circus) recalls what led him to his own decapitation in the claws of a terrible Guillotine, like this: After a dreadful economic crisis, the Aztlan Circus (where our magician has lived so many years) begins to layoff artists from its show. To keep his place in the company, Juan Perez promises a sensational beheading act that could certainly bring the glory back to the big top.

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Big top

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TV situation comedy series about a decaying traveling circus that tries to stay afloat despite having rubbish acts and clowns who aren’t as funny as they believe they are. Erasmus is a cynical soundman constantly trying to get rid of clown Geof, as well as to raise cash in any way. East European acrobat Boyco in love with Lizzie…

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OSS 117 : Lost in Rio

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Twelve years after Cairo, OSS 117 is back on a new mission at the other end of the world. As he tracks down a microfilm that is compromising for the French State, France’s most famous secret agent will have to team up with the Mossad’s most seductive lieutenant-colonel in order to capture a Nazi blackmailer. From Rio´s sunny beaches to luxuriant Amazonian forests, from the depths of secret grottos to the top of Corcovado’s Christ, a new adventure is about to begin. Whatever the danger, whatever the stakes, you can always count on Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath to find a way out. 

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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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Madagascar 3, bons baisers d'Europe (Madagascar 3 : Europe's Most Wanted)

Title Madagascar 3, bons baisers d'Europe (Madagascar 3 : Europe's Most Wanted)
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Alex and his friends Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent — Madagascar style.

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Petit fil(s)

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A big traditional circus, somewhere in France. 20-year-old Angelo is a tightrope walker. Every evening, he performs an impressive and classy number. And every evening, his grandfather Maurice joins him on the rope dressed as a clown and steals the limelight with his antics. Angelo doesn’t admit it yet, but that situation weighs upon him and Maurice’s play-acting is seriously getting on his nerves.

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Slipp Jimmy Fri (Free Jimmy)

Title Slipp Jimmy Fri (Free Jimmy)
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L'histoire de quatre truands paumés, Roy Arnie, Odd, Gaz et Flea, qui ont été arrachés de leurs zones pour travailler avec Igor Stromowski dans un cirque itinérant russe en pleine déchéance.
La coqueluche du cirque, Jimmy, est un éléphant que l'on shoote au quotidien pour qu'il reste "high" dans tous ses shows.
Roy Arnie rêve qu'un jour il dirigera son propre cirque et il est convaincu que Jimmy est la clé de son succès.

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Olsen et sa bande au cirque (Olsenbanden Junior på cirkus)

Title Olsen et sa bande au cirque (Olsenbanden Junior på cirkus)
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Olsen vient de découvrir que le directeur de l'orphelinat, Sigvald Pettersen, sa femme Mathilde et son frère Thorvald ont organisé le sabotage du Flamingo Circus, de passage dans la ville, dans le but de s'en emparer. Tous trois ont mis au point un plan machiavélique impliquant un dangereux gang d'escrocs muni d'une bombe cachée dans une mallette rouge. Secondé par ses amis Kjelle, Benny et Dynamite Harry, Olsen va tenter de déjouer les projets du trio diabolique.

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OSS 117 : Rio ne répond plus

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Douze ans après Le Caire, OSS 117 est de retour pour une nouvelle mission à l'autre bout du monde. Lancé sur les traces d'un microfilm compromettant pour l'Etat français, le plus célèbre de nos agents va devoir faire équipe avec la plus séduisante des lieutenants-colonels du Mossad pour capturer un nazi maître chanteur. Des plages ensoleillées de Rio aux luxuriantes forêts amazoniennes, des plus profondes grottes secrètes au sommet du Christ du Corcovado, c'est une nouvelle aventure qui commence.

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