Clowns

Overview

In the theater of a small village, rehersals are taking place for a show based on the opera I Pagliacci. There is no orchestra, just a piano and the singers. Amongs the few people in the audience there is the mother of the singer, a rich local lady and financer of the project, the sister, and a few other people involved in the show. During a dinner party at this rich lady’s house, a hiposis session takes place, where rancor and pain emerge from the brother and sister towards their mother and their impossibility of overcoming them.

Director: Marco Bellocchio

Cast

Lucia Ragni

Mother

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Luca Micheletti

Son

Federica Fracassi

Daughter

Rebecca Liberati

Nedda

Corrado Invernizzi

Canio

Mino Manni

Hypnotist