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The Clowns
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie - 1970
The Clowns
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Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.
Director:
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Federico Fellini
Cast:
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Federico Fellini
,
Anita Ekberg
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Annie Fratellini
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Alvaro Vitali
,
Pierre Étaix
,
Charlie Rivel

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Rated:
G
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
5 Mar 1970
Country:
IT, FR, DE
Languages:
Italian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This is artful and sometimes very amusing, but it doesn't work as fiction because Fellini is tied to facts, and it doesn't work as documentary because Fellini will not (cannot?) abandon his gift of giving the raw material an artistic shape.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
It's not that The Clowns is not a good deal of fun, or that it is boring; it's just that -- to me, anyway -- this sort of coda doesn't do justice to the entire career.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
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