The Last Circus

The Last Circus

  • Director: Álex de la Iglesia
  • Countries of origin: Spain, France
  • Language: Spanish
  • Release date: December 17, 2010
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: A Sad Trumpet Ballad
  • "The Last Circus" is a drama film directed by Alex De La Iglesia , starring Antonio de la Torre , Carlos Areces , Carolina Bang and others. The film was released in Spain on December 17, 2010.
    The film tells the tragic story of two clowns falling in love with a woman at the same time in the complex socio-political context of Franco's dictatorship. 

    Details

    • Release date December 17, 2010
    • Filming locations Barrio El Partidor, Alcoy, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
    • Production companies Tornasol Films, La Fabrique 2, uFilm

    Box office

    Budget

    €7,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $40,548

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,757

    Gross worldwide

    $3,604,598

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kaia 2022-04-01 09:01:19

      "Sad Trumpet" super 140 word film review

      The processing of the title is very good, the sound of the war drums is matched with the silhouettes of the characters, don't be too impressed! Next is the historical background narration, and the rhythm changes sharply, making the mistakes of many Spanish movies and rushing to narrate.

      Even the begging and pitiful themes of a sad character and a lonely life need to be told well. The film is messy, the director's mastery of balance and weight is completely unsatisfactory, and the...

    • By Colin 2022-04-01 09:01:19

      don't listen to dad

      The cruelty of war will take generations to erase. It devastated the mind and reappeared to the body - the protagonist was so handsome when he was young, and he grew up to be a greasy fat man, and the psychological impact cannot be ignored. The protagonist encountered war when he was young, and his father was tied to a concentration camp as a coolie, missing his most important growth stage. The last words are very irresponsible, "Be a sad clown and take revenge." The seeds were planted in...

    • By Dee 2022-04-01 09:01:19

      A play of two clowns ends sadly

      I happened to see a movie "Sad Trumpet Song". You can't be a clown casually. When you become a clown, you will be humiliated. You have to live a life without dignity. You have to face the world with a funny image. Someone read the movie. A particularly political flavor, bashing the Spanish Civil War-era dictatorship. But from my point of view, how to understand a movie is so complicated, just like Mr. Lu wrote a word, and let a large number of Chinese teachers write an essay to speculate that...

    • By Belle 2022-03-31 09:01:10

      Do not stay

      I gave you the style, the
      days, I gave
      you the smile, the
      tolerance, the time, the time, the tears, the responsibility, the fireworks, the festival For him, I gave you the movie ticket, I gave him the seat, I gave you the candlelight, I gave you the dinner, I gave you the song, I gave you the microphone , I gave you the heart, I gave him the body, I would rather do nothing If I still have sadness, let the wind blow it away If I still have joy, if I still have sadness, let the...

    • By August 2022-03-31 09:01:10

      Comments added to spark discussion

      Express your opinion.

      In fact, I don't know this movie very well, nor do I know the history of Spain, nor am I a professional.

      The funny clown is a person who doesn't want to let his children hurt a little bit. In the end, he becomes ugly. The children don't like him.
      But the sad clown is different. His first performance with the funny clown was very successful. When he was brought out and everyone congratulated him and said that the children liked him very much, he was...

    User comments

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    • By Kameron 2022-11-10 17:54:24

      Best Director deserves...

    • By Krystel 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      Selected as my favorite...

    • By Alan 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      I don't like such a sad and gloomy movie, the whole color and picture are too depressing, and in the end it's very...

    • By Melany 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      Gloomy, black, absurd,...

    • By Johnathan 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      Hatred creates animal nature, and animal nature creates hatred. There is never a future in...

    Movie plot

    Harvey ( Carlos Areces ) comes from a family of clowns. His father and childhood were taken away by the Spanish Civil War, and he can only play the crying clown due to heavy memories. But he falls in love with Natalia ( Carolina Bang ) , the goddess of the circus, who is the girlfriend of the smiling clown, and who hides behind the smiling face mask is full of violence and abuse. So Harvey is determined to save the beauty, at any cost....
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    Evaluation action

    "The Last Circus" is the only Spanish film in the main competition unit of the 67th Venice Film Festival. It was like a passionate, absurd and bizarre historical sad song that lingered in my ears for a long time. (Sina Entertainment Review) 
    The visuals in the film are beautiful, especially the battle of life and death on the cross at the end. The majestic black cross stands in the sky, and the impact of the visual effect is extremely...
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