Circo

A great capture of a dying business perhaps. I don't think the people were very happy and the animals certainly were not. A well told story that includes multiple perspectives.

Beautiful and touching. It takes you to the heart of humanity--passion/dissolution.

This film, like its characters, feels like its standing at a threshold between a world nearly gone and a future uncertain. The filmmakers do a phenomenal job of gaining the trust of the Ponce family and we get as unvarnished a look at their life as anyone could hope for. It's a simple story, told many times before, yet its compelling. It's shot and edited beautifully and Calexico's score complements it perfectly. Great stuff.

Fine doc. about one of the many small circuses throughout the world struggling to keep their way of life viable. Good,talented and hardworking people. Very different existence than mundane town life. Hopefully the small circuses of the world will never strike tents for the last time.

I never thought about how a small circus could survive. I've been aware of big circuses, the ones with train cars, crews, and sponsors. This circus is different - it's a small family circus travelling around Mexico. I admire the family's hard work and dedication. Most of all, I admire the children and their efforts for the circus - whether that be putting up the tent or lights, carrying equipment, helping train animals, learning contortions, juggling, or other circus acts. The circus life is a different world. Unfortunately, I don't think the kids are getting much of a formal education.

Bel documentario sul mondo del circo di provincia, bella colonna sonora, contenuti speciali interessanti - in particolare l'aggiunta su come va a finire la storia del Ponces... Spedizione rapida come sempre.