Synopsis
Comedy set in the last years of Franco, in the tense days before the Spanish transition, the film begins with the recruitment of a clown to fight with the National side during the Spanish Civil War. The main plot happens in the years before the transition, two clowns, Carlos Areces and Antonio de la Torre fight for the love of a trapeze artist, Carolina Bang
Production Companies
Motion Investment Group
Canal+ España
Castafiore Films
La Fabrique 2
Televisión Española (TVE)
Tornasol Films
Cast
Santiago Segura ... silly clown
Antonio de la Torre ... Sergio
Fernando Guillén Cuervo ... militia captain
Fran Perea ... national soldier
Sancho Gracia ... colonel Salcedo
Javier Botet ... mad prisioner
Joxean Bengoetxea ... the millionaire
Carlos Areces ... Javier
Terele Pávez ... Dolores
Raúl Arévalo ... Carlos
Juana Cordero ... mother
Carolina Bang ... Natalia
Enrique Villén ... Andrés
Gracia Olayo ... Sonsoles
Manuel Tejada ... circus track chief
Joaquín Climent ... father
Luis Varela ... Veterinary
José Manuel Cervino ... Secretary
Fofito ... smart clown
Manuel Tallafé ... Ramiro
Crew
DIRECTOR Álex de la Iglesia
SCREENPLAY Álex de la Iglesia
MUSIC Roque Baños
CINEMATOGRAPHER Kiko de la Rica