75 minutes, color, Spanish w/ English subtitles, 2011

Gorgeously filmed along the back roads of rural Mexico and set to the music of the indie-rock band Calexico, Circo follows the Ponce family�s hardscrabble circus as it struggles to stay together.

Tino, the ringmaster, is driven by his dream to lead his parents� circus to success and corrals the energy of his whole family, including his four young children, towards this singular goal. But his wife Ivonne is determined to make a change. Feeling exploited by her in-laws, she longs to return to her kids a childhood lost to laboring in the circus.

Circo reveals the luminous world of a traveling family circus while the fate of this century-old family tradition hangs in the balance.

"Ravishing." - Huffington Post

" A gem of a documentary." - Time Out London

"Riveting... Filled with beautiful images and haunting moments." - The Village Voice

"An extraordinary visual document of an eroding world." - Boston Phoenix

" Surely the best movie ever made about a one-ring circus... akin to Fellini’s La Strada." - San Diego Reader

See details about this film's theatrical run.

www.circomexico.com

Circo soundtrack by Calexico

Los Angeles Film Festival: Video Interview With Director Aaron Schock, Huffington Post, 6/29/10

Interview: Director Aaron Schock Delves Deep Into the Heart of Mexico in “Circo”, IndieWIRE, 3/28/11

Clowning Around: The Circus of Life - Video Interview with Aaron Schock, Huffington Post, 4/15/11

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●  Director Aaron Schock on the making of Circo
●  Follow-up: The Ponces now
●  Calexico on the making of the Circo score
●  5.1 Audio Option

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