Circo, a documentary that follows a family-run Mexican circus, was shot by a one-man crew made up of first-time feature director, Aaron Shock. After a successful tour of the festival circuit, First Run Features is releasing Circo in New York on April 1st. But, you can get a look at the trailer now:
Synopsis:
Gorgeously filmed along the back roads of rural Mexico, CIRCO follows the Ponce family’s hardscrabble circus as it struggles to stay together despite mounting debt, dwindling audiences, and a simmering family conflict. Tino, the ringmaster, is driven by his dream to lead his parents’ circus to success and corrals the energy of his whole family, including his four young children, towards this singular goal. But his wife Ivonne is determined to make a change. Feeling exploited by her in-laws, she longs to return to her kids a childhood lost to laboring in the circus. Through this intricately woven story of a marriage in trouble and of a century-old family tradition that hangs in the balance, CIRCO opens the viewer to the luminous world of a traveling circus while examining the universal themes of family bonds, filial responsibility, and the weight of cultural inheritance.
With Original Music by CALEXICO.
To see if Circo’s coming to a theater near you, check out First Run Features.
Will you run out to see Circo?