A forgotten Italian circus fever dream where toys whisper ancient showbiz secrets.
Just before sleeping, a small boy finds a crate of ancient toys: a little circus, lead soldiers and a book about circus legend Antonio Franconi - whose dream was creating a great show mixing all possible forms of art.
Production
The antique toy circus set design is genuinely gorgeous and weirdly hypnotic.
Director
Luca Verdone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonio Franconi was a real 18th-century French circus pioneer who popularized the modern circus format in Europe.
This is one of several obscure Italian films about circus history that basically nobody outside film archives has seen.
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