2010 · horror · drama · surreal
The Last Circus
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia1h 46m2010
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
Our read: The Last Circus (2010) reads as a heavy, breathless, surreal horror · drama · surreal entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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“You want grotesque Spanish dark comedy where love and brutality collide.”
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