Mister Universo (2016)

Directed by

Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former circus performer travels across Italy to find a lion tamer who might know a way to fix his bad luck. The movie follows him through small towns and circus grounds using non-professional actors who play versions of themselves.

slow-burnobservationalgentleintimateearthynostalgicunderstatedrealistic

What happens

Mister Universo is a 2016 Austrian-Italian drama film directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at the 2016 Locarno Festival and the 2016 Vienna International Film Festival where it won an award. The film shows the everyday life of the slowly disappearing world of the circus with a cast of amateur actors. The winner of the 1957 Mr Universe competition, Arthur Robin, played himself in the film, as did a number of other members of the cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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