Circo

This documentary rolls up and hits the road with the Gran Circo Mexico, a circus that has travelled around Mexico for generations.

"Gran Circo México is a family of contortionists, stunt riders, clowns and animal trainers. Filmmaker Aaron Schock captures the beauty of the performance traditions they uphold, while a rousing Calexico soundtrack rejoices in the romantic mix of flight and longing that is a life on the road. But the film is also attentive to the inherent family dramas: ringmaster Tino’s children have absorbed his love of the hardscrabble circus life to varying degrees, but for his wife, Ivonne - a town girl who fell for the dashing circus boy - the romance has come at a cost." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)

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