The Circus Dynasty ( Cirkusdynastiet )

The Circus Dynasty (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cirkusdynastiet
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Danish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Anders Riis-Hansen

Written By:
Anders Riis-Hansen

Actors:
Anders Riis-Hansen

Synopsis:

Once upon a time there were two famous circus families in northern Europe: the Berdino family (the biggest) and the Casselly family (the most acclaimed). Within the space of a year, a Berdino son and a Casselly daughter were born. They grew up together and what everyone hoped would happen, did happen: they fell in love. It sounds like a fairytale, and that's how the story is filmed. Patrick Berdino and Merrylu Casselly are an invincible duo in the ring, and a golden promise for the future of a circus dynasty. The families have been traveling together for 20 years, and the cameras follow the tribulations, speculations and especially the developments around this ideal circus couple over the course of several seasons. The cameras are rolling when Casselly gets an offer from the celebrated American circus Barnum & Bailey's - but accepting would mean that Patrick and Merrylu would be separated. They film the daily routines, the setting up and breaking down of the tents and caravans, the stories of the ancestral fathers and mothers, the travails and suffering of the artists, and the first, inevitable, cracks in the circus romance of the century. The high points, literally, are the superb atmospheric shots of the glittering illusion created in the ring - no place for tears and pain.

Benny Berdino, the owner of Europe's biggest circus, has a dream. To make sure that his dynasty will carry on, he hopes that his grandson, Patrick Berdino, and the award winning circus artist Merrylu Casselly will marry and one day carry on Circus Arena. With their looks and skills they would be the perfect match. Everything seems to be going according to plan, as Patrick and Merrylu has moved into their own Caravan. But his dream is threatened, because mixing love and business is difficult and the Casselly Family is offered a lucrative contract from the biggest circus in the world, Ringling Brothers, in USA.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 01 April, 2015.