At the Bucharest Circus, the new young manager is trying to solve the major financial issues of the company by selling its only bear (old and about to die soon) to German hunters. But the artists do not want to sacrifice their favorite animal so the manager decides to steal the bear and run to the mountains to meet the Germans. A crazy road movie starts following the bear.
Acting
Pavlu's exhausted everyman anchors the madness.
Direction
Chișu's documentary background grounds the absurdity.
Director
Dan Chișu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects real post-communist circus decline; many Romanian state circuses collapsed in the 2000s.
The bear was played by two different animals due to scheduling; you can spot the switch.
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