Movies: Clown

When social hermit May hires a birthday clown for herself, she doesn’t expect Germayne, a disillusioned Pierrot to show up for the job. After May’s emotional baggage spills through her carefully constructed facade right in the middle of it, Germayne ...

One evening, as Ludvik is about to go to bed, he notices that a painting, once owned by his grandfather, mysteriously begins to move on its own. The next day, Ludvik shares the unsettling event with his friend Amund, and together they decide to inves...

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his story tied to controversy and confusion over identity between his creator, Emmett Kelly Sr., and his son, Emmett Kelly Jr....

Ulrike and Olli meet in 1985 while on tour with Circus Roncalli. He is living his childhood dream as part of the successful clown duo 'Illi & Olli'. She has recently left her life as a nurse in Berlin behind. When the season is over, she moves with h...

The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film addresses philosophical and symbolic questions about man’s need to laugh at himself. In a sensorial and emotional mix, the film starts from what is most ...

Short film of 300 individually painted images. A lost film....

What happens when a millionaire sells his company? MURDER! Todd is a savvy businessman with a golden touch. His company is worth so much money that others are willing to kill for it . . . even his brothers. Each of Todd's brothers envy him, but could...

A young man carrying the make-up of his past tries his hand at a new skill, enriching his present and starting him on a journey towards a better future....

Scenes from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera with Canio, the clown, introducing actors who are seen in pantomime while the operatic voices are heard off-screen. Canio discovers his wife has been unfaithful but carries on with his performance....

Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio....

Watch Jack and Connor face the consequences of their actions as an old foe reemerges with a new face in this mind-bending investigative psychological horror-thriller drama created by the minds behind "Gnome Hunters" and "A Christmas Carol"...

Patient X was found wandering near a carnival one night, she is trying to tell her nurse at the asylum that a killer clown has escaped and is heading home and her own baby was taken from her. As "Snuffles" arrives home, his sister Dr. Wethers is hold...

after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and reconnect with his favorite mistress....

Sketches of a Spanish circus made by Richard Williams in 1953 come to life. Williams began the project at the age of 20 and finished it when he was 77. It premiered at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2010....

A clown finds that his former lover is now involved with a woman, and engages in a mad, obsessive plot to rejoin him....

Two years in a clown school. Against all odds and trends, learning how to make people laugh out at the human condition....

Tricicle brings together in a single theatrical show their best gags, created during their first three years of life....

Experimental documentary short starring Batato Barea and Peter Pank, filmed in July 1991...

The art of clowning, the art of living. Stop your weeping, keep on giving....

The deserts have frozen. The North and South poles are melting. Under the sea the evil robots have carried out an enormous slaughter. The mastermind of it all, evil Lady Control, makes a grave threat: "The children of the world are forbidden from pla...