Death row inmates become clown princes of Pinochet's circus—no, this isn't a fever dream.
Two prisoners escape execution by the police and become successful circus clowns in Pinochet's Chile.
Acting
Farías and Álvarez de Araya's manic desperation
Direction
Lübbert balances grotesque humor with genuine dread
Writing
Absurdist premise grounded in historical horror
Director
Orlando Lübbert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pinochet's regime actually suppressed circus culture as 'subversive,' making this premise historically loaded.
The film mirrors Augusto Roa Bastos's 'Yo el Supremo'—dictatorship as grotesque performance where victims become involuntary actors.
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