The first time i saw this movie was when i was just a kid. I couldn't exactly point out what the movie was about, but i kind of got the picture of the exploited children and it left me in terror, filled with strong impressions. I couldn't explain my exact opinion about it, but i know i felt some dark, sad magic that never left my soul. I even think that this is one of the movies/songs/stories that shaped my view of reality, my personality and emotional body. And today i'm very pleased because it happened like that.
The next time i saw it was a few months ago, and the magic feeling happened again. It looked like a world i've dreamed of while being a child, it touched me right at the deepest point, again. I think its very complex and simple at the same time; originally, it tells about love, but at the same time it examines many more themes that a very few people have tried (or succeeded) to portray on film...the life in the circus, that unusual life about which we hear so little, the beautiful things those people do, their own way of creating art, their feelings behind the curtains and the eternal laughter, after the crowd clears up and animals leave in silence....so intense and powerful, and beyond all, inspirational!! The love of the two unusual characters is sweet, fragile, and you will want it to happen so badly, as if it was your own heart that's aching...you want those people to be happy, to sing "Alegria" with their hearts full of joy, even though they don't have that much in the material way of seeing things. Also, the music is extraordinary. I immediately downloaded the soundtrack. And i'll say only one word to complete this review that brought back so many memories and feelings.
Magical.
The next time i saw it was a few months ago, and the magic feeling happened again. It looked like a world i've dreamed of while being a child, it touched me right at the deepest point, again. I think its very complex and simple at the same time; originally, it tells about love, but at the same time it examines many more themes that a very few people have tried (or succeeded) to portray on film...the life in the circus, that unusual life about which we hear so little, the beautiful things those people do, their own way of creating art, their feelings behind the curtains and the eternal laughter, after the crowd clears up and animals leave in silence....so intense and powerful, and beyond all, inspirational!! The love of the two unusual characters is sweet, fragile, and you will want it to happen so badly, as if it was your own heart that's aching...you want those people to be happy, to sing "Alegria" with their hearts full of joy, even though they don't have that much in the material way of seeing things. Also, the music is extraordinary. I immediately downloaded the soundtrack. And i'll say only one word to complete this review that brought back so many memories and feelings.
Magical.