Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
CIRCLE
Synopsis
The tale of the Togni family, the most important and long-lived circus dynasty in Italy, begins with the legendary love story that started everything to the highs and lows that followed. The family’s footage—filmed on Super8, then VHS, to Hi8 and MiniDV—reveals an epic sixty years of stories.
Synopsis
The tale of the Togni family, the most important and long-lived circus dynasty in Italy, begins with the legendary love story that started everything to the highs and lows that followed. The family’s footage—filmed on Super8, then VHS, to Hi8 and MiniDV—reveals an epic sixty years of stories.
Our take
Dazzling spectacles of big cats and acrobats, elephants and strongmen, flicker across the screen in Valentina Monti’s found-footage film. Across archival images thick with historical curiosity and material decay, the story of Italy’s most famous clan of circus performers unfolds in elaborate style.