1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father's career footsteps, but has seen too much tragedy in his life... (Full plot summary below)
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1937, Spain is in the midst of the brutal Spanish Civil War. A "Happy" circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers, where he single handedly massacres an entire platoon. Fast forward to 1973, the tail end of the Franco regime. Javier, the son of the clown, dreams of following in his father's career footsteps, but has seen too much tragedy in his life-he's simply not funny and is only equipped to play the role of the Sad Clown. He finds work in a circus where he befriends an outlandish cast of characters, but as the Sad Clown he must take the abuse of the brutish Happy Clown Sergio, who humiliates Javier daily in the name of entertainment. It is here that he meets Natalia, a gorgeous acrobat, and abused wife of Sergio. Javier falls deeply in love with Natalia and tries to rescue her from her cruel and violent husband, unleashing Sergio's jealousy. But Natalia is torn between her affection towards Javier and her lust for Sergio.
Leave your thoughts about The Last Circus.
| PopMattersBill GibronThe Last Circus is simply amazing. It's the kind of titanic tour de force you don't see in today's cookie cutter cinema. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzUnhinged black comedy that serves, for better or worse, as a heavy-handed allegory of Franco's Spain. |
| Mark Leeper's ReviewsMark R. Leepera sensational surreal horror/comedy fairy tale co-written and directed by Basque auteur Alex de la Iglesia |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeIf Tod Browning, Luis Buñuel, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Pedro Almodóvar and Guillermo del Toro all dropped acid and compared notes, this film might be the result. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis strange film involving four clowns and an acrobat sounds like the setup for a joke, but it turns out not to be very funny. |
| Horror.comStaci Layne WilsonAll in all, it's a visual, aural and visceral kick in the ass. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe Last Circus features garish costumes, grotesque ultraviolence and plenty of other assorted weirdness. Although not everybody's glass of sangria, it has the making of a cult hit. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisBrilliant, bizarre, dazzling and utterly demented, The Last Circus views Franco-era Spain through the crazed eyes of two clowns doing battle for the love of one magnificent woman. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerSubscribes to the belief that moderation is a four-letter word, flying about with an abandon that begets exhilaration as well as exhausting messiness. |
| sbs.com.auCraig MathiesonThe director mixes and matches with mordant wit. |
