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The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village. Aravindan Govindan's poetic and allegorical film The Circus Tent explores the often-marginalised lives and hopes of both the villagers and the circus troupe.
In semi-documentary style, Aravindan worked closely with real circus people and artistes, travelling with them to the village of Thirunavaya on the banks of India's Bharathappuzha river - and created one of Indian cinema's most lyrical masterpieces. Once thought lost, Aravindan's joyous film in now fully restored and preserved for future generations.
2022 Cannes Film Festival / Official Selection
"Full of mysterious shadows and magical situations, a succession of true-to-life images strung together by Aravindan's unique poetics and his cinematographer Shaji Karun's extraordinary visual flair. The film abounds in passages, long and short, that stick in the mind tenaciously" The Economic Times, India
Product Features
- The Circus Tent (Thamp̄, 1978) presented from the new 4K restoration by Film Heritage Foundation.
- Exclusive, newly filmed interview with photographer Ramu Aravindan, son of the legendary Aravindan Govindan.
- The Circus Tent at Cannes 2022: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and actor Jalaja interviewed by Anupama Chopra for Film Companion.
- 24-page booklet with new writing by filmmaker and Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
- World premiere release on Blu-ray.
- Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).
- Second Run
- 130 mins approx
- PG
- 1.37:1
- English
- 1978
- Malayalam
- 1
- A
- B
- C
- Free
- Second Run
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Arrow Video
The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village. Aravindan Govindan's poetic and allegorical film The Circus Tent explores the often-marginalised lives and hopes of both the villagers and the circus troupe.
In semi-documentary style, Aravindan worked closely with real circus people and artistes, travelling with them to the village of Thirunavaya on the banks of India's Bharathappuzha river - and created one of Indian cinema's most lyrical masterpieces. Once thought lost, Aravindan's joyous film in now fully restored and preserved for future generations.
2022 Cannes Film Festival / Official Selection
"Full of mysterious shadows and magical situations, a succession of true-to-life images strung together by Aravindan's unique poetics and his cinematographer Shaji Karun's extraordinary visual flair. The film abounds in passages, long and short, that stick in the mind tenaciously" The Economic Times, India
Product Features
- The Circus Tent (Thamp̄, 1978) presented from the new 4K restoration by Film Heritage Foundation.
- Exclusive, newly filmed interview with photographer Ramu Aravindan, son of the legendary Aravindan Govindan.
- The Circus Tent at Cannes 2022: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and actor Jalaja interviewed by Anupama Chopra for Film Companion.
- 24-page booklet with new writing by filmmaker and Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
- World premiere release on Blu-ray.
- Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).
- Second Run
- 130 mins approx
- PG
- 1.37:1
- English
- 1978
- Malayalam
- 1
- A
- B
- C
- Free
- Second Run
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