In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.
Happily N'Ever After 2
Animation, Comedy, Adventure
4.6
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
7.8
Do Re Mi
Comedy
7.0
Small Fry
Animation, Family, Comedy
6.9
The Derby Stallion
Drama, Family
5.9
Extremely Non-Graphic
Comedy
5.3
HINAKURI 2020 ~Obake Hotel and 22 Santa Clauses~
Music
9.0
I Am Your Father
Documentary
6.6
Gnome Alone
Family, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
6.0
Cloud
Fantasy
7.0
Stealing Heaven
History, Romance, Drama
6.5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Comedy, Family, Animation, Fantasy, Music
5.6
With Pleasure
2.7
EMO the Musical
Romance, Music, Comedy
6.0
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Animation, Family, Fantasy
6.2
No Such Thing as Gravity
Science Fiction
3.5
Office Christmas Party
Comedy
5.7
Game Therapy
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Drama
4.5
Standards Night Live Mini Concert
10.0
Vigilante
Action
4.4
Skid
Adventure, Animation
0.0
Lost Time
Animation, Drama, Romance
2.0
Persepolis
Animation, Drama
7.9
Morkovcha [Korean Carrot Salad]
Animation, Family, Documentary
0.0
Instinct
Action, Drama, Horror, Animation
10.0
The Deer
Animation, Action
0.0
Ko-Ko's Haunted House
Horror, Animation, Comedy
8.0
Study No. 5
Animation
0.0
The Quack Infantry Troop
Animation, War, Family
8.0
Arichan the Ant
Animation
6.0
Beer, those were the days
Animation
4.0
Fuku-chan's Submarine
Animation
5.0
Crab Temple Omen
Animation
6.5
The Magic Pen
Animation
5.0
Madame Butterfly's Illusion
Animation
4.0
Three Little Bears
Animation
6.0
Tekusuke Monogatari
Animation
5.0
Ruben Leaves
Animation
8.0
In the Grass
Animation
9.0
Mist
Animation, Fantasy
0.0