BALLATA DELL'ODIO E DELL'AMORE
Balada triste de trompeta
Guerra civile spagnola. Durante uno spettacolo circense, i due pagliacci in scena vengono arruolati a combattere nell'esercito repubblicano. Uno di loro viene arrestato e costretto a lavorare per lo stato. Il giovane figlio Javier organizza un attentato per vendicarsi dei soprusi subiti ma, nello scoppio, muore anche il padre. Da grande, sotto la dittatura di Franco, viene assunto come Pagliaccio triste in un circo, dove incontra Sergio, il suo alter ego sorridente, con il quale dovrà dividere il palco e l'amore per l'acrobata Natalia.
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Cast
Carlos Areces
Javier
Carolina Bang
Natalia
Antonio de la Torre
Sergio
Manuel Tallafé
Ramiro
Enrique Villén
Andrés
Santiago Segura
Padre-Payaso tonto
Alejandro Tejerías
Motorista-fantasma
Manuel Tejada
Jefe de pista
Gracia Olayo
Sonsoles
Sancho Gracia
Coronel Salcedo
Paco Sagarzazu
Anselmo
Terele Pávez
Dolores (veterinaria)
Luis Varela
Manuel (Veterinario)
Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Capitán miliciano
Fofito
Payaso listo
Juan Viadas
Franco
Fran Perea
Soldado nacional
Joaquín Climent
Padre de framilia
Juana Cordero
Madre de los niños
Fernando Chinarro
Abuelo
Troupe
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Amusingly offbeat Spanish circus flick is overkill comic booky
After a prologue during the Spanish Civil War, the time switches to 1973, Madrid, where a sad clown (Carlos Areces) joins a circus and an alluring trapeze artist catches his eye, but she’s abused by her beau, a supposedly happy clown (Antonio de la Torre). It can’t end well.
A Spanish/French production (with English subtitles), "The Last Circus" (2010) smacks of a Tarantino flick if he did one about a circus and shot it in Spain. Unfortunately, it lacks his compelling dialogues. It’s reminiscent of "Santa Sangre" from two decades prior, just overblown and with a plot revolving around two characters locked in an epic struggle in which a lose-lose scenario is likely.
As the story progresses, one of these characters is reminiscent of The Joker (Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger’s versions) mixed with Two-Face and Jonah Hex; the other meanwhile morphs into a pudgy version of Papa Emeritus. The last act recalls the climax of 1989’s “Batman,” albeit on amphetamines.
Statuesque Carolina Bang as the trapeze artist is basically Europe’s taller version of Margot Robbie, a few years before she made it big.
While outrageously madcap and brutal, it’s sometimes amusing and has its highlights. It’s basically too crazy for mass appeal, but no doubt has a cult following. As far as I’m concerned, less is more.
The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes, and was shot in Spain (Comunidad Valenciana on the southeast coast; Madrid; and, for the last sequence, Valle de los Caídos, aka Valley of the Fallen, which is a half hour drive northwest of the city).
GRADE: C+/B-
Recensioni fornite da TMDB
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