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Bread and Circus (2003)One man's courage and will to break loose from the system, and the ability of one individual to bring down the kingdom. Director:Martin LokeWriter:Martin Loke (story) |
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Title: Bread and Circus (Video 2003)
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Oliver Boullet | ... |
Oliver
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Miriam Johansson | ... |
Miriam Johnsen /
Mother Earth
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The Normal One /
Post 2 /
Voice in speaker /
Voice of Monks /
Goat chewing
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Magne Jahrestein | ... |
The King
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Silje Andresen | ... |
The Princess
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Benjamin Rørstad | ... |
Post 1 /
First appearing monk
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Lars Torp | ... |
The fugitive - Old /
Third appearing monk
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The fugitive - Young
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Lise Løke | ... |
Second appearing monk /
Girl going into anus
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Hilde Løke | ... |
Woman in radioroom /
Voice of Mother Earth
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Fredrik Løke | ... |
Exposed monk
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Frank Løke | ... |
Sleepy guard /
A dreg of society
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Eivind Pedersen | ... |
Butler
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Andre Iversen | ... |
Guard 1 in front of King
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Vegar Bakke | ... |
Guard 2 in front of King
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In a kingdom, a man is born as a child to Mother Earth. He's checked for normality, confirmed normal, and is let into the system. The man gets old, and the system has no use for him. So he's brought out to be executed. The man gets flashbacks, and understands what his life has been. So he hammers out a message on a piece of stone, for coming generations. Later, a couple finds the message, and journeys out to put an end to the oppressive system. Written by Daniel Loke
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Country:
NorwayRelease Date:
16 May 2003 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Brød & Sirkus See more »Box Office
Budget:
NOK 600,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by Peter Breiner and Jan Strasser
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To avoid copyright problems the makers used old classic music in the film, like the works of Beethoven. See more »Soundtracks
"Tango Goes Symphony - Miss Mendacity"Written by Peter Breiner and Jan Strasser
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Some movies you watch and you say, "Well, that made no sense." And you don't really mean it. You're just saying things were overly complicated or slightly nonsensical.
"Bread And Circus" makes no sense at all. And I mean it. And that's not because it's surreal. From the start, it's pretty clear it's a feeble excuse to do splatter special effects. There's no script. There's no plot. There's no story of any kind. One event does not lead to the next -- that's how fundamental the bad writing is here.
So what? I mean, there are TONS of movies out there that fall into that category. They want to show you gore, they give you gore. Why even talk about it?
Because, in this case, "Bread and Circus" gave me hope. Okay, there are some surreal elements. Vaginas, in the ground -- people crawling out of them. The earth, in space, two legs on either side. These sorts of images are wonderful, fun, odd, crazy. But the movie doesn't do anything with them.
Stuff happens, the movie ends, and it's all very unsatisfying. I suspect the script was made up on the fly. Too bad. If there had been a story of ANY kind at all, it would have made for a much more entertaining film.
The film is very much like the beautiful car you would love to own. Then you lift up the hood and there's no engine. Just a small man peddling a bicycle.
GRR!