In this French-language film, Albin is a mercenary soldier. Sure, he's paid to kill, but he only agrees to jobs where he's killing those who need to be killed. Anyway, he trusts his buddies, and they trust him: in this case with a big haul of money they found in a jungle shoot-out. When he returns to France one of the first things he does, quite by chance, is to go see the act of Le Grande Magic Circus. The circus keeps coming into his life for the rest of the movie, as he tries to live a "regular" life.
Direction
Warin's circus sequences blur dream and desolation.
Acting
Henri Serre's deadpan killer trying to feel alive.
Director
Francis Warin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Le Grande Magic Circus was a real avant-garde troupe; their inclusion gives the film genuine countercultural DNA rather than bohemian set dressing.
Released during France's post-Algeria reckoning, Alban's mercenary past quietly echoes colonial violence the nation preferred to forget.
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