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 Loke

Writer:

Martin Loke (story)

Stars:

Oliver Boullet, Miriam Johansson, Martin Loke

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oliver Boullet	...	Oliver
Miriam Johansson	...	Miriam Johnsen / Mother Earth
Martin Loke	...	The Normal One / Post 2 / Voice in speaker / Voice of Monks / Goat chewing
Magne Jahrestein	...	The King
Silje Andresen	...	The Princess (as Silje Andreasen)
Benjamin Rørstad	...	Post 1 / First appearing monk
Lars Torp	...	The fugitive - Old / Third appearing monk
Lars Erik Ringstad Nordrum	...	The fugitive - Young
Lise Løke	...	Second appearing monk / Girl going into anus
Hilde Løke	...	Woman in radioroom / Voice of Mother Earth
Fredrik Løke	...	Exposed monk
Frank Løke	...	Sleepy guard / A dreg of society
Eivind Pedersen	...	Butler
Andre Iversen	...	Guard 1 in front of King
Vegar Bakke	...	Guard 2 in front of King

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

body horror | electronic music score | slapstick comedy | earth | mother earth | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Norway

Language:

English Norwegian

Release Date:

1 June 2012 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Brød & Sirkus

Box Office

Budget:

NOK600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wring Wrong Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

To avoid copyright problems the makers used old classic music in the film, like the works of Beethoven.

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Connections

References Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Soundtracks

Tango Goes Symphony - La milonga y yo
Written by Tito Ribero and Leopoldo Diaz Vélez (as L. Diaz Velez)
Copyright Naxos

User Reviews

A Norwegian Bad Taste as directed by John Waters.

"Bread and Circus" is quite an interesting little splatter film. It's gory like "Bad Taste" and sick like "Pink Flamingos". In the beginning we see a vagina in the ground, which is mother earth. The vagina gives birth to a man (slime and umbilical chord included) The man is forced to be given a normality test by a monk. In the future people who try to be individuals, get hunted down by the government. Some people live in the woods as cannibals. The film is pretty disgusting, but also creative and surreal. Take note, there's gratuitous frontal male nudity, extreme splatter violence, excrement, and even a guy who gets a beer bottle stuck up his ass. Some of the Scandinavian humor is hard to figure out at times, but the film was still a lot of fun. If you enjoy Troma, John Waters, Pete Jackson and even Peter Greenaway; you'll probably love this film.