Italy / France / West Germany,
1970, 92 min
Directed by:
Federico FelliniScreenplay:
Federico FelliniCinematography:
Dario Di PalmaComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Anita Ekberg, Federico Fellini, Victoria Chaplin, Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Shirley Corrigan, Nino Terzo, Charlie Rivel, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée (more)Plots(1)
The film reflects Fellini's childhood obsession with clowns and begins with a young boy watching a circus set up from his bedroom window. Though comical and referred to as a "docu-comedy", this film explores deeper human conditions such as authority, poverty, humility and arrogance, all of which manifest themselves through the characters of the clowns who vary from the local sex-crazed hobo, a midget nun, to a mutilated Mussolini disciple. (official distributor synopsis)
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