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The Clown

Original title: O Palhaço
  • 20112011
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.1K
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Selton Mello in The Clown (2011)
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Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the ... Read allFather and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.Father and son work as clowns Puro Sangue/Valdemar and Pangare/Benjamin in a circus in the Brazilian countryside. Benjamin decides to follow a different path and meets several people on the way.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.1K
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  • Director
    • Selton Mello
  • Writers
    • Selton Mello
    • Marcelo Vindicato
  • Stars
    • Selton Mello
    • Paulo José
    • Larissa Manoela
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  • Director
    • Selton Mello
  • Writers
    • Selton Mello
    • Marcelo Vindicato
  • Stars
    • Selton Mello
    • Paulo José
    • Larissa Manoela
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    • 9User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 50 wins & 11 nominations

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    Selton Mello
    Selton Mello
    • Benjamimas Benjamim…
    Paulo José
    • Valdemaras Valdemar…
    Larissa Manoela
    • Guilherminaas Guilhermina
    Giselle Motta
    • Lolaas Lola
    Teuda Bara
    • Dona Zairaas Dona Zaira
    Álamo Facó
    • João Lorotaas João Lorota
    Cadu Fávero
    • Tony Lo Biancoas Tony Lo Bianco
    Erom Cordeiro
    Erom Cordeiro
    • Robson Félixas Robson Félix
    Hossen Minussi
    • Chico Lorotaas Chico Lorota
    Maira Chasseroux
    • Lara Laneas Lara Lane
    • (as Maira Chasseraux)
    Thogun Teixeira
    • Gordinias Gordini
    • (as Thogun)
    Michelle Martins
    • Glóriaas Glória
    Bruna Chiaradia
    • Justineas Justine
    Renato Macedo
    • Borrachinhaas Borrachinha
    Tony
    • Meio-Quiloas Meio-Quilo
    • (as Tony Tonelada)
    Pritty Borges
    • Anaas Ana
    Fabiana Karla
    Fabiana Karla
    • Tonhaas Tonha
    Jorge Loredo
    Jorge Loredo
    • Neias Nei
    • Director
      • Selton Mello
    • Writers
      • Selton Mello
      • Marcelo Vindicato
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    • Trivia
      The official entry of Brazil to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
    • Goofs
      The film takes place in the 70's. In the first scene, however, when the circus convoy is coming through a dirty road, the license plate of the biggest truck is a red one featuring three letters and four numbers. That license layout was established in 1990 in Brazil.
    • Quotes

      Valdemar: My son, In this life, we have to do what we know how to. Cats drink milk, mice eat cheese... and I'm a clown. What about you?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Palhaço.Doc (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Bons Ventos
      Written by Plínio Profeta & Selton Mello

      Performed by Selton Mello

    User reviews9

    Review
    Top review
    1/10
    It is a racist movie
    It is, unfortunately, a Brazilian tradition. We are very good in music, TV' s series and soap operas but we are lousy movie makers. Ones can find mistakes in the script, in the sequence, everywhere in almost all films. New and old ones. Brazilian movie makers think they are Italians, but they are not. They think they are Fellini, Antonioni, etc, but they aren't. They are just a poor Selton Mello, and that males a great difference. Difference between somebody behind the cameras and nobody. That is typically a nobody movie. Dull, boring and a never ending movie. It is a movie showing Brazilian inland by a guy that had never been there and does not knows anything about there. The sequences in the countryside of Minas Gerais state are meaningless, false and fake. The dialogs in Portuguese sounds also fake: no local accent, no regional terms, no nothing. The make-up is also fake. There are female countrywomen leaving the crops after a day of work with a very nice hair, straight from a beauty parlor. And that awful movie, like all others in Brazil was financed by different levels of public entities with our people's money. But the core issue of my opinion is that this a RACIST movie. There is a single scene in which the character of Selton Mello, without any dramatic reason, says crystal clearly that black men smell bad. In other words black people stench. And I don't know the reason the movie was nominated to the Oscar, considering we are the second largest "African" Country in the world.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2011 (Brazil)
    • Country of origin
      • Brazil
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Palyaço
    • Production companies
      • Bananeira Filmes
      • Globo Filmes
      • Mondo Cane Filmes
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,960,601
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
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