The Great Mystical Circus

Directed by Carlos Diegues

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Release Year: 2018
Running time: 105
Country: Brazil, Portugal, France
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
Subjects: Performing Arts
$149.00 - Face-to-Face Classroom
$249.00 - With PPR
$499.00 - With DSL
$499.00 - With DSL and PPR
MSRP: $599.00
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Directed by: Carlos Diegues

Reality and fantasy collide in the story of a family-owned circus spanning five generations of decadence, love and loss, as told by Cinema Novo master Carlos Diegues (Bye Bye BrazilQuilombo). Starring Vincent Cassel, based on a poem by Jorge de Lima, and with a score by Chico Buarque. 

Reviews

“One of the Cinema Novo’s founding fathers and perhaps its most interesting exponent.” 

- – Film Comment
 

Awards

World Premiere – Cannes Film Festival (Out of Competition)

 

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