73rd San Sebastian Festival - 19/27 September 2025
73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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The circus monkeys scream wildly inside their cage while, outside, men kill and die in another circus: the ongoing Spanish Civil War. The Stupid Clown, recruited against his will by the Militia, ends up carrying out a bloodbath with a machete among the National soldiers while still wearing his costume. Several years later, during Franco?s dictatorship, Javier, son of the Militian funnyman, finds work as the sad clown in a circus, where he meets an outlandish cast of strange characters like the Human Cannonball, the Elephant Tamer or a quarrelsome couple of dog trainers.Director
Álex de la Iglesia
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Álex de la Iglesia
Production
Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Tornasol Films
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Photography
Kiko de la Rica
Editing
Alejandro Lázaro
Music
Roque Baños
Cast
Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang, Sancho Gracia, Juan Luis Galiardo
Run time
102 m.
Country
Spain-France
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