The Great Mystical Circus (2018)

Original title

O Grande Circo Místico

Directed by

Carlos Diegues

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

16

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aristocrat falls in love with an acrobat. The film follows the Austrian family who owns a circus and their travels around the world in the early 1900s.

romanticmelancholicsweepingnostalgicwhimsicaldramaticpassionate

What happens

The Great Mystical Circus (Portuguese: O Grande Circo Místico) is a 2018 Brazilian romantic drama film directed and written by Cacá Diegues, his first film in 12 years. It premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is based on a poem by Jorge de Lima and tells the story of a great love affair between an aristocrat and an acrobat and the saga of the Austrian family who owned the Circus Knieps, and their adventures around the world during the early 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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