“Full of mysterious shadows and magical situations through a succession of true-to-life images strung together by Aravindan’s unique poetics and his cinematographer Shaji N. Karun’s extraordinary visual flair. The film abounds in passages, long and short, that stick in the mind tenaciously” The Economic Times, India Aravindan Govindan’s The Circus Tent poetically explores the ripples created by the arrival of a travelling circus in a remote Indian village. From their processional entrance through spellbinding performances to their final pack-down, circus life is captured in striking imagery. Cutting between skilled performers and wide-eyed spectators, the film encapsulates the sheer magic of art encountered for the first time.
Aravindan’s lyrical masterpiece links the transience of the travelling troupe with the inevitable mortality of life. Once thought lost, now fully restored, the film will enrapture audiences anew.
“This beautiful, meticulously restored print brings alive the magic created onscreen by Aravindan’s observational eye” National Herald, India
Blu-ray Special Edition features:
• Presented from an HD transfer of the new 4K restoration by Film HeritageFoundation.
• Exclusive, newly filmed interview with photographer Ramu Aravindan, son of the legendary Aravindan Govindan.
• The Circus Tent at Cannes: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and actor Jalaja interviewed by writer and broadcaster 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.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).
• World premiere release on Blu-ray.
