The Circus Moves On - In Calabria The old traditions of travelling players live on in Southern Italy. The Circus EmbeUriva is made up of seven families who never play a town for longer than three days before moving on. ' We need new audiences; we need the variety; the change of landscape, the change of people around us, as we need the air we breathe. We would die if we were settled.'
The backstage life, the travelling, the tent up, the tent down, the animals, the heat, the troubles, are all to be found in this film.
An outstanding documentary that conveys the texture and even smell of the people and places. (SUNDAY TIMES)
Producer JOHN BIRD
Editors ANTHONY ISAACS , MICHAEL ANDREWS