← Back to Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
Clowns
ITALY · 2016

Clowns

Marco Bellocchio
family dysfunction hypnosis and psychological revelation opera and performance mother-child relationships emotional repression and trauma
Watch on MUBI → ▶ Trailer

Synopsis

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.

More from Marco Bellocchio

Italy
The Traitor
2019 • Brazil
View →
Kidnapped
2023 • Italy
View →
Esterno Notte (part I)
2022 • France
View →