The Last Circus
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Genre: War film, Comedy, World cinema, Indie, Action/Adventure, Horror, Drama
Year: 2010
Country: Spain, France
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Santiago Segura, Sancho Gracia, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Antonio de la Torre, Javier Botet, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Raúl Arévalo, Fran Perea, Carlos Areces, Gracia Olayo, Joxean Bengoetxea, Enrique Villén, Juan Viadas, Manuel Tejada, Manuel Tallafé, Alejandro Tejerías, Joaquín Climent, Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Enrique Villén, Carolina Bang, Manuel Tallafé, Paco Sagarzazu
The Last Circus (Spanish: Balada triste de trompeta; "Sad Trumpet Ballad") is a 2010 Spanish film by director Álex de la Iglesia. It premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.
In 1937, Republican Militia led by General Líster force a circus troupe to fight on their side in the Spanish Civil War. The Funny Clown (Santiago Segura) slaughters dozens of Loyalist troops, armed only with a machete, before being shot and disarmed. While his fellow troupe members are executed, the Funny Clown is sentenced to work as a slave laborer, at the monument of the Valle de los Caídos. His son, Javier (Sasha Di Bendetto) tries to free him by setting off dynamite where he was working. But Colonel Salcedo (Sancho Gracia) tramples the Funny Clown to death with his horse. Javier knocks him down, gouging out his eye in the process. Salcedo vows to remember Javier for this insult.
In 1973, Javier (Carlos Areces) joins a circus as its sad clown, as he has never been able to make children laugh. His counterpart as funny clown is Sergio (Antonio de la Torre Martin), an arrogant, crude, violent man who admits that were he not a clown, he would probably be a murderer. Javier begins to fall in love with
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A Sad Trumpet Ballad (original Spanish title: Balada triste de trompeta) is a 2010 film written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia.
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