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Circus Fantasticus (2011)

Drama, War | Slovenia, Ireland, Finland, Sweden

Director: Janez Burger

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Rating: 7.0/10

SYNOPSIS

A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus stops by the house. They bring along the dying director of the circus. Is it possible for anything beautiful to happen in a landscape of war and death? Can life go on? Is it possible to realize that death does not exist?

Actors

Writer: Janez Burger

Producer: Conor Barry, Morgan Bushe

RUNTIME: 77 min

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