Brazil's most chaotic clown trio crashes Hollywood with zero budget and 100% heart.
Since the ban on use of animals in circus shows, the Great Sumatra Circus faces a major financial crisis. Baron, who owns the circus, accepts unseemly proposals from the mayor to hold cattle auctions, rallies and other alternative events at the circus. Unhappy with the news, circus artists come together to plan a new show and re-attract the audience, led by Didi, Dedé and Karina.
Acting
Renato Aragão's 60+ years of Didi clown mastery on full display.
Practical Effects
Real circus performers doing their own bonkers stunts.
Costume
Tigrana's leopard print serves cursed circus glamour.
Director
João Daniel Tikhomiroff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Trapalhões are Brazil's longest-running comedy troupe (since 1977), making this film a 40th anniversary victory lap disguised as a plot.
Real 2017 Brazilian law banned circus animals during production, making the film's premise accidentally documentary-adjacent.
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