Fire-Eater (1998)
- Original title
- Tulennielijä
- Directed by
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Finland
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- K-7
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two orphaned sisters find work at a traveling circus. They struggle with the harsh realities of circus life and their own uncertain futures.
melancholicatmosphericslow-burngrittyintimatewhimsicalpoignantbleak
What happens
Fire-Eater (Finnish: Tulennielijä) is a 1998 Finnish film directed and written by Pirjo Honkasalo. It tells a story of two orphaned sisters who end up working in a travelling circus. The film received several international awards, including the Grand Jury prize at the American Film Institute International Film Festival in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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