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The Invisible Circus (2001)

The Invisible Circus poster
Directed by
Adam Brooks
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl travels to Europe in 1976 to uncover the reasons behind her older sister's suicide. Along the way she gets involved with her sister's former boyfriend.

melancholicreflectivesombersearchingnostalgicslow-burnemotionalintrospective

What happens

The Invisible Circus is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Adam Brooks and starring Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston, and Cameron Diaz. Based on the 1995 novel The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan, the film is about a teenage girl who travels to Europe in 1976 in search of answers to her older sister's suicide. During her search, she falls in love with her dead sister's former boyfriend. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 11, 2001, and was released in the United States on February 2, 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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