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.
Hello
Crime, Thriller
6.3
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Animation, Comedy, Family
6.3
Moscow
Drama
6.3
Fight!
Animation
5.9
Hello
Comedy
5.7
Hello
Comedy
6.1
Joy in Moscow
TV Movie, Crime, Romance
6.3
Super
Comedy, Drama, Romance
5.9
Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries
Animation, Adventure
10.0
Moscow Suburbs Elegy
Drama
7.5
The Clean Up Crew
Action, Crime, Thriller
5.4
A Ducking They Did Go
Comedy
6.4
The Fear of Zeppelins
Comedy, Adventure
5.0
Babylon
Drama
6.9
MAN
Drama
6.5
Hello
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
6.3
Asa
Animation
6.4
Harry at 30
Documentary
6.0
Train
6.4
Trees of Peace
Drama
7.1
Dad's Dead
Drama, Animation
5.8
Madrid 2120
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
4.9
The Mask of the Devil
Animation
6.9
The Fish Curry
Animation, Drama
4.6
The Boy in the Bubble
Animation, Fantasy
7.1
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Animation, Fantasy
6.8
The Glass Harmonica
Animation
5.9
100 Miles
Animation
0.0
The Sea Is Blue
Animation
3.5
Meet the Robinsons
Animation, Comedy, Family
6.9
Harvest
Animation
0.0
The Great Malaise
Animation
5.5
Persepolis
Animation, Drama
7.9
El Triste
Animation, Drama
0.0
The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil
Animation, Western
7.2
Palm Springs
Animation
6.0
Gymnopédies
Animation, Music
5.8
Winter
Animation
6.2
Strings
Animation, Drama
5.3
Out of a Forest
Animation
6.4