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Calimucho (2008)

Calimucho poster
Directed by
Michel Kapteijns, Rosa Fontein, Eugenie Jansen
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scripted story follows a small family circus as it travels and performs. The film explores the personal struggles and tensions between the circus members.

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What happens

Calimucho is a 2008 Dutch/European feature film, directed by Eugenie Jansen. The film is about the problems within a small family circus, was entirely shot travelling with a small existing circus on tour, the cast consisting of the circus members, but is not a documentary: The story is entirely scripted, written by Natasha Gerson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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