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Bille de clown

Title Bille de clown
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Gaston’s vocation is to be a clown and he loves a pretty circus rider, but his stern bookkeeper father does not think much of the way his son is heading. Even after he dies, he goes on keeping a close eye on his offspring from above!

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Life is a circus

Title Life is a circus
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Ailing circus artists discover a magic lamp and decide to use it to save the business.

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The Big show (II)

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Greedy family members engage in bitter infighting over the ownership of a circus. It all begins as a ruthless, corrupt father gets in trouble with the law leaving all but his youngest sons to begin a vicious battle over the business. This is the third variation of Jerome Weidman' novel I'll Never Go There Any More. The other two are Broken Lance, a western version, and House of Strangers, set in the big city.

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(Night tide) Marée nocturne

Title (Night tide) Marée nocturne
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A young sailor falls in love with a woman performing as a mermaid at the local carnival. He soon discovers that her previous boyfriends have all drowned under mysterious circumstances… Would she really be a mythic creature from the depths of sea ?

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(Carnival of souls) Le Carnaval des âmes

Title (Carnival of souls) Le Carnaval des âmes
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In a two-car competition, the women’s car plunges into a river and only Mary miraculously resurfaces, deeply shocked. A she drives to Utah where she has been hired as a church organist, she sees a ghoulish, pasty-faced figure. Soon she sees it everywhere and feels her mind wandering. Besides, she becomes irresistibly drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival…

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L'Enfant du cirque (Il figlio del circo) (II)

Title L'Enfant du cirque (Il figlio del circo) (II)
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Young Rocco is abused by his drunken father and neglected by his step-mother. He flees and seeks refuge with his friend and circus tightrope walker Flip. Rocco has a beautiful voice and Flip, as a former famous tenor, will teach him how to sing. Rocco then meets a manager and gets a contract… That is when his father barges in.

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Huit et demi (8½)

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Famous Soviet Armenian clown Leonid Yengibarov stars in this film about the artistic quest of a talented circus actor.

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Fifi la plume

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A burglar seeks refuge in the circus to escape the police and arrives right in the middle of a performance with a wild cage to the delight of the spectators, who take him for a clown…

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The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia/ Le Mari de la femme à barbe)

Title The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia/ Le Mari de la femme à barbe)
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A modest Napolitan guy meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. He then receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

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