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Circus (2000)

Circus poster
Directed by
Rob Walker
Genre
drama film, thriller film, neo-noir, crime thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets tangled in a web of crime and double-crosses involving his wife and her lover. He plans a scam to steal a large sum of money, but things quickly go wrong.

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What happens

Circus is a 2000 British/American neo noir crime film directed by Rob Walker and written by David Logan. The movie stars John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Brian Conley, Fred Ward and Eddie Izzard. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2000 and in the United States on 15 September 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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