The Circus Burned Down and the Clowns Fled
A 1998 drama of an unemployed film director in 1990s Russia, from Misha Zilberman's filmography.
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1998 · Directed by Vladimir Bortko
About the film
In the harder years of 1990s Russia, the fifty-year-old film director Nikolai Khudokormov cannot find work in the new market economy, cannot finance his own projects, and drifts toward drink. A young woman's unexpected arrival in his life changes the course of the story. Released in Russian as Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались. No poster for this title has yet been located in the Foundation's archive.
Part of Misha Zilberman's filmography, gathered by the Zilberman Film Foundation.