1 00:00:16,726 --> 00:00:19,645 THE CLOWNS 2 00:00:19,770 --> 00:00:21,397 Up! 3 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,065 Keep going. 4 00:00:27,153 --> 00:00:29,447 Up … up! 5 00:00:34,118 --> 00:00:36,287 Up … up! 6 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:46,422 Up! 7 00:01:19,038 --> 00:01:20,498 Up … up! 8 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:23,876 Up! 9 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:26,462 Up … up! 10 00:01:27,088 --> 00:01:28,255 Up! 11 00:01:31,175 --> 00:01:34,261 Up! Up! 12 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:37,807 Up! 13 00:01:40,559 --> 00:01:42,228 Keep going. 14 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,688 Up! 15 00:01:47,942 --> 00:01:50,528 Up! Keep going. 16 00:01:59,912 --> 00:02:01,080 What is it? 17 00:02:01,205 --> 00:02:05,709 The circus is here. If you don't behave, I'll get those gypsies to take you away. 18 00:03:23,162 --> 00:03:24,788 Close up. Stay closer. 19 00:03:24,914 --> 00:03:26,332 Morello … hop! 20 00:03:26,916 --> 00:03:30,419 Ladies and gentlemen, 21 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:33,130 the circus has come to town. 22 00:03:33,255 --> 00:03:36,550 The greatest show on earth. 23 00:03:36,675 --> 00:03:41,972 Over here we have the Wild Man, now completely civilised. 24 00:03:42,097 --> 00:03:45,434 And we have dwarves. The funniest dwarves in the world. 25 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:48,938 The Strong Woman, a true Amazon. 26 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:52,733 Not even a bull can knock her down, she's so strong. 27 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:56,445 The greatest circuses in the world want her, 28 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,864 but I won't let her go. 29 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:02,618 Roll up, ladies and gentlemen. 30 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:05,871 The wonderful show is about to begin. 31 00:04:07,164 --> 00:04:09,875 Roll up. 32 00:04:10,501 --> 00:04:12,127 For the first time in history, 33 00:04:12,253 --> 00:04:15,297 a stunt with a thousand-pound cannon. 34 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:18,801 It will fall right on Robur's back. 35 00:04:22,471 --> 00:04:24,682 An extremely dangerous stunt. 36 00:04:24,807 --> 00:04:27,184 Pay attention, ladies and gentlemen. 37 00:04:27,309 --> 00:04:30,688 Observe the force that these two men 38 00:04:30,813 --> 00:04:33,065 must exert to lift the cannon. 39 00:04:33,190 --> 00:04:35,901 Easy, easy. Be careful! 40 00:04:36,026 --> 00:04:40,406 The strength of ten men and five horses 41 00:04:40,531 --> 00:04:42,574 wouldn't be enough to lift the weight. 42 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:46,495 We ask the audience to be absolutely quiet. 43 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:49,373 I'll give the signal and Diablo will jump on the see-saw. 44 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:51,333 May the Lord be with us! 45 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:53,335 Ready, Diablo? Go! 46 00:04:55,587 --> 00:04:57,715 - Outstanding! - My turn! 47 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,134 I'll do the cannon trick too. 48 00:05:00,259 --> 00:05:02,344 You need the magic ingredient. 49 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:04,263 - Are you ready? - I'm ready! 50 00:05:04,388 --> 00:05:06,682 - Are you really ready? - I'm super-ready! 51 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:07,891 Go! 52 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:37,504 - Hey, come here. - I can't look. I'm scared. 53 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,632 - Can you do me a favour? - What is it? 54 00:05:40,758 --> 00:05:42,426 Hold this for me, will you? 55 00:05:45,054 --> 00:05:47,264 My head! 56 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,888 Here I am! 57 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:30,015 What a great meal I'm going to have. 58 00:06:30,808 --> 00:06:32,810 Bon appétit! 59 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:50,744 Zoltan! Up you go, Zoltan! 60 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:55,374 Keep calm. 61 00:07:02,423 --> 00:07:05,634 Anyone with a weak heart had better leave. 62 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:09,346 The wrestler Aramis has dared to challenge our female Hercules, 63 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:10,848 Miss Matilde. 64 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:28,240 With her hands of steel, she holds Aramis by his throat. 65 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:14,578 Ten coins to anyone who will fight our champion Matilde. 66 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:16,788 I'll do it! 67 00:08:16,914 --> 00:08:18,916 - What are you doing? - Shut up! 68 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:23,045 Anyone? I repeat, ten coins in cash. 69 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:24,546 I said I'll do it. 70 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:27,633 - I won't let you! - Sit down! 71 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:33,555 A lady? Madam, are you aware of the danger? 72 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,140 It could be a deadly fight. 73 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:44,441 An extraordinary match. Miss Tarzan against Matilde. 74 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,485 Music, Maestro. 75 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:05,712 Now, straight from the Kalihoor sect of India, Fakir Burman. 76 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:07,881 In an incredible stunt, 77 00:09:08,006 --> 00:09:13,053 Fakir Burman will be buried in this sealed glass coffin 78 00:09:13,178 --> 00:09:15,722 five feet underground. 79 00:09:15,847 --> 00:09:18,183 He'll stay for 40 days 80 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:22,020 without eating, drinking or breathing, 81 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:23,689 underground. 82 00:09:23,814 --> 00:09:25,732 Buried alive. 83 00:09:25,857 --> 00:09:29,444 We'll only open his tomb 40 days later. 84 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,364 Close it, please. 85 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:40,539 To Fakir Burman and his superhuman stunt, 86 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:41,832 good luck. 87 00:09:42,624 --> 00:09:46,211 The eighth wonder of the world. A real mermaid. 88 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:50,173 Neptunia, caught in the North Sea. 89 00:09:50,299 --> 00:09:53,969 Our little dwarf Adriano is crazy about her, 90 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:57,681 but she couldn't care less because, like all fish, 91 00:09:57,806 --> 00:09:59,474 she's cold-blooded. 92 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:03,645 Neptunia, a fish for you? Here you are. 93 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:08,066 Here, take this! Bon appétit. 94 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:14,489 A truly rare phenomenon. 95 00:10:14,615 --> 00:10:17,951 The Siamese twins Jim and John. 96 00:10:18,076 --> 00:10:19,995 Show the audience. 97 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,583 Look how nature has united, in life and in death, 98 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:25,876 these two creatures. 99 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:27,502 Show everybody. 100 00:10:28,754 --> 00:10:31,840 The Siamese twins. You want to see, kid? Do you like them? 101 00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,258 Cute, aren't they? 102 00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:42,601 It's our turn to work! Make room for us. 103 00:10:42,726 --> 00:10:46,355 Braciola, come here. Do you know the answer to this riddle? 104 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,025 It's not my brother … I almost fell over! 105 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:53,987 It's not my brother, it's not my sister, 106 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:57,199 but it's my father's and my mother's child. 107 00:10:57,324 --> 00:10:58,492 Who is it? 108 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:01,912 - And where is it? - The little fish … 109 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:06,208 Where is it? Where is it? 110 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:10,462 - I'm looking for the little fish. - Where is it? 111 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:13,298 I'll look for it in the wine. 112 00:11:14,925 --> 00:11:17,219 Listen, Tip-Tap. Do you like honey? 113 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:19,388 Of course I like honey. 114 00:11:19,513 --> 00:11:21,807 This is what you have to do, then. 115 00:11:21,932 --> 00:11:25,018 - You're the queen bee. - I'm the queen bee! 116 00:11:25,143 --> 00:11:28,730 You're the queen bee and you buzz around, like so. 117 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:32,818 I buzz around … I buzz around … 118 00:11:32,943 --> 00:11:35,195 Who do I buzz around? 119 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,574 You just buzz around, not around me! 120 00:11:43,245 --> 00:11:48,625 What a nice little fish. Now I'm going to fry it. 121 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:50,961 Bring me a pan. 122 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:53,046 Hey, Cipolla! 123 00:11:53,171 --> 00:11:56,007 How dare you kick my little fish? 124 00:11:56,133 --> 00:12:00,429 Excuse me, sir. Can you please hold this little nail for me? 125 00:12:02,514 --> 00:12:06,017 Not there! You have to hold it right here. 126 00:12:06,143 --> 00:12:08,019 Look … look at the little bird. 127 00:12:09,396 --> 00:12:11,982 How can I hit it if you don't hold it here? 128 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:25,036 This is not the way to think. Not like this! 129 00:12:29,124 --> 00:12:32,753 I'm here to work! You're just having fun. 130 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:41,303 Don't make me mad or I'll ask someone else. 131 00:12:44,723 --> 00:12:47,392 Don't lean back. Here! 132 00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:52,564 Why don't you want to do it? Keep it up! 133 00:12:55,233 --> 00:12:56,485 Who knocked? 134 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:59,029 I'm coming to open the door. 135 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:22,511 You have to hold it here. Please! 136 00:13:27,057 --> 00:13:28,934 We've done it at last! 137 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:47,994 Hey! Cipolla! 138 00:13:55,252 --> 00:13:57,546 Drink up! 139 00:13:58,463 --> 00:14:01,341 The cow's loose! Save yourselves! 140 00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:05,595 The cow's coming! Run! 141 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:35,458 What are you crying for? Pain in the neck! 142 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:38,628 I'll deal with you when we get home. 143 00:14:50,682 --> 00:14:52,809 That evening ended badly. 144 00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:57,272 The clowns didn't make me laugh. In fact they frightened me. 145 00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:02,944 Those chalky faces with their inscrutable features. 146 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:05,530 Those twisted, drunken masks. 147 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,866 The shouting, the crazy laughter, 148 00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:10,285 their absurd, cruel jokes. 149 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:14,080 They reminded me of other strange and disturbing characters. 150 00:15:14,205 --> 00:15:17,500 Characters you find roaming around every country town. 151 00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:21,212 Take Giovannone, for example. 152 00:15:21,338 --> 00:15:25,550 A clumsy, clowning tramp who flirted in his own peculiar way. 153 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,016 Dirty old man! I'll chop it off! 154 00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:34,684 The women pretended to be angry, 155 00:15:34,809 --> 00:15:39,397 but they actually enjoyed hearing Giovannone's innocent jokes. 156 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:45,528 Such a dirty old man. 157 00:15:54,704 --> 00:15:59,209 Then there was a dwarf nun. She couldn't have been more than a foot tall. 158 00:16:01,336 --> 00:16:02,837 Always talking to herself, 159 00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:05,423 always in a hurry, saying she had to do everything 160 00:16:05,548 --> 00:16:07,842 because the saints didn't trust anyone else. 161 00:16:07,968 --> 00:16:11,346 She went back and forth between the convent and the asylum. 162 00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:16,017 WINE 163 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:23,984 Scoundrel! 164 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:34,661 You should drop dead! And so should I, for marrying you. 165 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:40,166 Your balls should drop off. What an ugly face! 166 00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:42,585 I'll throw you off the cliff. 167 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:46,131 You should be with the rats. 168 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:51,302 The World War I veteran, another terrifying character. 169 00:16:51,428 --> 00:16:55,140 He always sat by the sea, accompanied by the brave uniformed Zig-Zag 170 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:56,433 and by a lady called Ines, 171 00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:58,977 who knew all Mussolini's speeches by heart. 172 00:16:59,978 --> 00:17:03,189 "For England, the Mediterranean Sea is a shortcut. 173 00:17:03,314 --> 00:17:05,608 "For us Italians, it's life!" 174 00:17:16,286 --> 00:17:19,372 And the coachmen at the station, constantly arguing. 175 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:21,541 A gorgeous Austrian! 176 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:24,586 We spent all night making love at the Grand Hotel. 177 00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:28,465 - They had to take her away. - Yeah, sure! To the bathroom. 178 00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:36,264 Coward! 179 00:17:36,389 --> 00:17:37,390 I'll kill you! 180 00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:43,271 Curses rang out through the city. 181 00:17:43,772 --> 00:17:45,648 Fist-fights, whippings … 182 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:48,359 until the station master finally appeared. 183 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:50,361 Stop it, you peasants! 184 00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:52,864 Where do you think you are, the town square? 185 00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:14,863 Scoundrel! What's your name? 186 00:19:14,988 --> 00:19:20,368 I'll report you to the proper authorities! What's your name? 187 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:24,747 I'll put you in jail! I'll lock you all up! 188 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:28,418 I know you. I know your father. I'll lock you up! 189 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:32,547 I'll ruin your life. 190 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:37,594 I'll report you to the proper au-tho-ri-ties! 191 00:20:50,333 --> 00:20:52,335 And then there was Giudizio. 192 00:20:52,460 --> 00:20:56,005 He kept score through those endless games of billiards. 193 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:59,467 His stammer made him a little hard to understand, 194 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:02,095 but he was a quiet, good-natured man. 195 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:26,786 Do you have Sekt or champagne? 196 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:29,622 - What did you say? - Sekt. Champagne. 197 00:21:29,747 --> 00:21:31,499 We don't have champagne, sir. 198 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,209 Is it all finished? 199 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:35,295 Sorry, but we do have some cognac. 200 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,422 They only have cognac, darling. 201 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,976 Don't you have anything French? 202 00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:52,895 No, we've only got this one, but it's good. 203 00:22:03,364 --> 00:22:05,783 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 204 00:22:05,908 --> 00:22:08,578 - Good night. - Good evening. 205 00:22:34,812 --> 00:22:38,816 Now I remember where I saw her! Last year at the harbour, in a bathing suit. 206 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:41,569 Sure! You've never seen anyone in a bathing suit. 207 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:42,904 Hey, it's my turn. 208 00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:46,824 Shut up, kid. You've already got four points. 209 00:22:52,330 --> 00:22:54,749 Yes, Giudizio was an easy-going chap. 210 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:57,001 His fits of madness would strike 211 00:22:57,126 --> 00:22:59,212 the day after he'd seen a war film. 212 00:22:59,754 --> 00:23:03,633 He'd put on his uniform, leave his saddle shop 213 00:23:03,758 --> 00:23:07,095 and creep around by the walls, convinced he was at war. 214 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:17,480 War! The bomb! The bomb! 215 00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:23,569 Who is it? 216 00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:27,657 - It's Giudizio. - Giudizio? 217 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,591 Go on, off you go. 218 00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:47,969 Giudizio, I caught you! Go home. 219 00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:52,098 Get off! I saw you! You got one, and you got two. 220 00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:53,808 I'll tell your missus. 221 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,853 Let him be. He's a poor old soul. 222 00:23:57,770 --> 00:24:00,022 Come on, the Austrians are here! 223 00:24:02,692 --> 00:24:04,026 Charge! 224 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,571 Come on, Giudizio. 225 00:24:49,864 --> 00:24:52,617 That's enough now. Come and have some wine. 226 00:24:53,743 --> 00:24:55,578 Ah, the flag. 227 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:06,672 The clowns of my childhood … Where are they today? 228 00:25:06,797 --> 00:25:08,758 That terrifying, comic violence. 229 00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:11,511 That noisy exhiral … ex-hi-la … 230 00:25:11,636 --> 00:25:15,473 Exhilaration! That noisy exhilaration. 231 00:25:15,598 --> 00:25:17,433 Can it still be entertaining? 232 00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:21,729 The world it belonged to no longer exists. 233 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,315 - Theatres turned … - Hold on, you're too fast. 234 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,442 Theatres turned into big halls. 235 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:30,905 The shiny, naive scenery 236 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:35,785 and the audience's childish credulity no longer exist. 237 00:25:35,910 --> 00:25:40,248 Only faint, heartbreaking traces remain of the old circuses. 238 00:25:40,373 --> 00:25:42,833 And that's what we're going to seek out. 239 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,670 So, Gasparino, you can leave tonight. 240 00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:49,590 I'll take some nails, wood and lamps. I've got everything. 241 00:25:50,675 --> 00:25:53,553 - Is it true we're going to Paris? - Let me introduce my little crew. 242 00:25:53,678 --> 00:25:56,556 - Gasparino, headgrip. - I'm ready to leave. 243 00:25:56,681 --> 00:25:58,641 - I've packed everything. - Hello, Mum. 244 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:02,103 Alvaro, our sound man, with his mother, a seamstress and hairdresser. 245 00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:03,938 I wrote everything down. 246 00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:06,607 Maya is our script supervisor. 247 00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:11,362 This young man is our cameraman. His name's Roy. He's English. 248 00:26:11,487 --> 00:26:13,864 We begin our investigation into the clowns 249 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:16,576 at one of Italy's greatest circuses. 250 00:26:16,701 --> 00:26:19,287 Liana, Rinaldo and Nandino Orfei's circus. 251 00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:46,772 Welcome to Liana, Nando and Rinaldo Orfei's circus. 252 00:26:46,897 --> 00:26:49,317 I'm extremely happy to be back here. 253 00:26:49,442 --> 00:26:51,861 Let's get in closer. She kills me! 254 00:26:51,986 --> 00:26:54,030 Enjoy the show! 255 00:27:02,580 --> 00:27:05,583 - Nice and slow, please. - Hi. 256 00:27:16,636 --> 00:27:18,971 Let's hear it for the Amazon of the Orfei family. 257 00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:21,557 Tonight she was greater than ever! 258 00:27:21,682 --> 00:27:26,145 And now, for children and adults alike, Amleto and Ginetto 259 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,482 in an exhilarating new routine 260 00:27:29,607 --> 00:27:32,068 coming to you for the first time in your town. 261 00:27:32,193 --> 00:27:34,904 Here they are … Amleto and Ginetto! 262 00:28:28,416 --> 00:28:31,210 Bravo! Amleto and Ginetto! 263 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:35,172 And now … Matma and her 20 elephants! 264 00:28:35,297 --> 00:28:38,467 Every circus in the world envies this magical number 265 00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:41,762 and we're very proud of it. 266 00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:46,308 Matma is the only tamer in the world … 267 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:51,439 It's Anita Ekberg! 268 00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:53,858 Hey, Federico! 269 00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:03,659 - What are you doing here? - I want to buy a panther. 270 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:05,828 - A panther? - To keep at home. 271 00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:09,415 You should buy a tamer too. They're dangerous. 272 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,292 That's what I like! 273 00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:30,102 Here we are. 274 00:29:30,227 --> 00:29:33,439 Mr Fellini, you asked if I've been wounded 275 00:29:33,564 --> 00:29:36,066 in my career as a lion tamer. 276 00:29:36,192 --> 00:29:37,610 I'd be happy to tell you. 277 00:29:37,735 --> 00:29:42,072 - Bravo! At last! - 280 stitches all over my body. 278 00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:46,202 Torn rib muscles. 279 00:29:46,327 --> 00:29:50,456 Punctured armpit, stitches in my head, injured spine, 280 00:29:50,581 --> 00:29:52,541 ripped shoulder blade, muscle … 281 00:29:52,666 --> 00:29:54,710 I've pulled him out of the cage three times. 282 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:56,170 Four, in fact. 283 00:29:56,295 --> 00:30:00,174 Next time I'll leave him in there. He looked like a raw hamburger. 284 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,929 Is it true that the founder of the Orfei circus was a priest? 285 00:30:05,054 --> 00:30:09,308 The old clown says bon appétit to everyone. 286 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:13,145 - How's your leg, Nando? - Playing up. I'd better soak it. 287 00:30:13,270 --> 00:30:16,273 Soak it in water this time, not wine. 288 00:30:16,857 --> 00:30:21,028 I don't know if that's any better! Thank you, madam. Good night. 289 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,321 Good night, everyone. 290 00:30:22,446 --> 00:30:24,907 He'd take friends to lunch then give them the bill. 291 00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:28,661 Clown acts have to be short and make people laugh in ten minutes. 292 00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:31,288 "Give it some rhythm!" How many times have I heard … 293 00:30:31,413 --> 00:30:36,126 No, no, no. Tigers shouldn't eat before performing. Right, Nandino? 294 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,964 I was four and a half years old. They called me "Peanut"! 295 00:30:40,089 --> 00:30:44,510 Look, that type of comedy is finished. Modern clowns have to be funny. 296 00:30:44,635 --> 00:30:49,557 - It's the Spaniards versus the Italians. - My dad was really funny. 297 00:30:49,682 --> 00:30:53,602 Elephants are always so pensive. 298 00:30:53,727 --> 00:30:55,938 For me? Thank you. 299 00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:07,074 Night-time training for a young tiger that's recently arrived at the circus. 300 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:10,244 The atmosphere is tense. 301 00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:13,080 Please be quiet over there. Be quiet! 302 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,958 One of the Orfei brothers has a loaded gun 303 00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:18,752 and is ready to use it if anybody's in danger. 304 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,130 It's wagging its tail. 305 00:31:21,255 --> 00:31:24,550 The lion tamer shouts his commands in German. 306 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:28,095 He says it's the only human language that wild beasts understand. 307 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,222 The animal's getting rattled. 308 00:31:30,347 --> 00:31:33,893 Clowns who entertain the audience while the cages are being put up 309 00:31:34,018 --> 00:31:35,227 are called Auguste. 310 00:31:35,352 --> 00:31:39,189 Why are they called that? Who invented this character? 311 00:31:39,315 --> 00:31:43,319 People say that towards the end of the last century 312 00:31:43,444 --> 00:31:46,906 there was a janitor who was so clumsy and funny 313 00:31:47,031 --> 00:31:48,532 that he made everyone laugh. 314 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,075 His name was Auguste. 315 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:55,581 But the first great clown, the one who created the Auguste character, 316 00:31:55,706 --> 00:31:59,126 was the French clown Jimmy Guyon. 317 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,712 He had a fascinating life. 318 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:03,839 He was a first-class artist. 319 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:07,676 He could cover his nose with his lower lip, like this. 320 00:32:10,471 --> 00:32:13,432 But he drank all the time. He turned into an alcoholic. 321 00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:18,479 He ended up in a hospital bed, alone and forgotten. 322 00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:19,855 One day 323 00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:24,234 he heard that Footit and Chocolat were in town with the Nouveau Cirque. 324 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:27,780 He'd never seen these famous clowns before. 325 00:32:27,905 --> 00:32:31,450 He managed to sneak out of the hospital and rushed off to the circus. 326 00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:56,887 He's dead. 327 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,233 We've come to Paris, where the circus became an art form. 328 00:35:09,358 --> 00:35:11,360 It's the birthplace of the Cirque d'Hiver, 329 00:35:11,485 --> 00:35:14,029 the Nouveau Cirque and the Medrano. 330 00:35:14,154 --> 00:35:16,990 And it was here that talented clowns 331 00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:20,452 found fame and became established. 332 00:35:38,762 --> 00:35:43,475 We're at the Café Curieux in Les Halles, the farmers' market in Paris. 333 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,310 The owner, an old sailor, 334 00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:47,980 displays souvenirs of his travels around the world. 335 00:35:48,105 --> 00:35:52,359 We're waiting for Tristan Rémy, the greatest living circus historian. 336 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:55,863 Some of the most famous white clowns are here with us. 337 00:35:55,988 --> 00:36:00,492 - Unlike white clowns … - Maya, I love you, but move over. 338 00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:04,079 "A white clown is the one with the white cone hat." 339 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:07,583 Here's Tristan Rémy. He'll explain exactly what a white clown is. 340 00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:09,418 Now let me introduce our guests. 341 00:36:10,085 --> 00:36:14,548 Alex, 73, the typical authoritarian white clown. 342 00:36:15,382 --> 00:36:20,220 Nino is a gentle white clown in the style of François Fratellini. 343 00:36:20,345 --> 00:36:22,973 Ludo is the only dwarf white clown. 344 00:36:23,098 --> 00:36:25,392 Maïs is showing us a real collector's item, 345 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:28,437 one of Antonet's fabulous costumes. 346 00:36:28,562 --> 00:36:32,608 So, Tristan, did you come here to criticise me? 347 00:36:32,733 --> 00:36:35,110 Do I stay here? A little bit lower? 348 00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:37,821 Are you going to eat or not? 349 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:40,115 - Of course. - Finally, an answer! 350 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:43,619 Be careful with that big belly! My pictures! 351 00:36:43,744 --> 00:36:47,206 Tristan, we're discussing what you wrote about Antonet. 352 00:36:47,331 --> 00:36:50,167 They start talking straightaway about Antonet, 353 00:36:50,292 --> 00:36:52,127 perhaps the most famous white clown. 354 00:36:52,753 --> 00:36:54,588 An argument breaks out 355 00:36:54,713 --> 00:36:56,965 because Rémy insists that with Antonet 356 00:36:57,090 --> 00:37:00,594 the white clown stopped playing a comic role 357 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,055 and became an authoritarian figure 358 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:05,849 who shouts, gets angry and bosses Auguste around. 359 00:37:05,974 --> 00:37:10,103 A kind of cantankerous MC. 360 00:37:10,229 --> 00:37:15,776 Alex, Nino and Maïs, on the other hand, insist that Antonet made people laugh 361 00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:20,405 and was a master stuntman. 362 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:21,823 Rémy disagrees. 363 00:37:21,949 --> 00:37:26,370 He says that he never once saw Antonet fall over in his entire career. 364 00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:35,504 A bit of flour. 365 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:39,591 A bit more flour. 366 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:45,931 And I stir, I stir, I mix it up. 367 00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:51,603 A bit of water. 368 00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:02,698 Idiot, smell it. 369 00:38:12,332 --> 00:38:16,753 Here it is, ladies and gentlemen. The most exquisite dish ever! 370 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:22,718 Thank you, sir. 371 00:38:24,428 --> 00:38:30,642 All right, stupid, now let's see what you can do. 372 00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,647 - Where are you going? - I need the gentleman's hat. 373 00:38:35,772 --> 00:38:38,608 I take no responsibility for this idiot. 374 00:38:38,734 --> 00:38:42,946 I can't believe you let him in here every night. 375 00:38:47,242 --> 00:38:51,705 I'll make the smelliest cake there's ever been. 376 00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,499 Whoever eats it will never get over it. 377 00:38:54,624 --> 00:38:57,669 First I'll take a premature chicken egg. 378 00:39:06,219 --> 00:39:07,262 Is it coming down? 379 00:39:12,184 --> 00:39:16,646 You imbecile! My hat! 380 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:20,650 Let me make a cake! 381 00:39:28,408 --> 00:39:30,285 Is this your act, Ludo? 382 00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:33,413 No jokes, no jokes … 383 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:36,375 All these discussions, these fancy words … 384 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:40,003 What do you have to say about the dwarf clowns? 385 00:39:40,128 --> 00:39:41,129 Come on! 386 00:39:41,254 --> 00:39:45,634 You, Mr Rémy, 387 00:39:45,759 --> 00:39:48,678 with all your books about clowns, 388 00:39:48,804 --> 00:39:51,765 why don't you ever write about dwarf clowns? 389 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:53,642 Why would I write about them? 390 00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:56,561 The dwarf calmed down and then another argument broke out. 391 00:39:56,686 --> 00:39:59,689 Who made the white clowns' fabulous costumes? 392 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,486 Alex and Nino say that the clowns' wives made them. 393 00:40:05,654 --> 00:40:09,574 Rémy believes they were made by famous designers. 394 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,702 The white clowns competed with one another 395 00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:15,705 and all tried to have the most ostentatious costumes. 396 00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:55,680 All of a sudden Rémy asked me, 397 00:41:55,805 --> 00:41:58,391 "Why do you want to make a film about clowns? 398 00:41:58,517 --> 00:42:00,143 "The circus world no longer exists. 399 00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:03,021 "The real clowns have all disappeared. 400 00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:06,691 "The circus no longer has any meaning in today's society." 401 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:09,110 And he added that it deserved to end up like this. 402 00:42:13,073 --> 00:42:14,783 "The Cirque d'Hiver and the Medrano 403 00:42:14,908 --> 00:42:17,869 "are the only two circuses in Paris with their own building. 404 00:42:19,913 --> 00:42:23,375 "The Medrano has been turned into a huge Bavarian beer hall, 405 00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:27,796 "while the Cirque d'Hiver is still running but only opens three days a week. 406 00:42:28,797 --> 00:42:31,758 "In the photos from its heyday it seemed larger, 407 00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:33,718 "with bright lights and elegant women. 408 00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:36,930 "Now it looks much smaller. 409 00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:40,058 "Most of the audience are children. 410 00:42:40,183 --> 00:42:43,311 "There's a sense that the party's over, the show's gone out of fashion." 411 00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:47,440 Look at those funny faces! You have to be born into it. 412 00:42:47,566 --> 00:42:50,569 Are you the Italians here to see Mr Bouglione? 413 00:42:50,694 --> 00:42:54,656 Sorry, he's so busy he can only spare five minutes. 414 00:42:55,407 --> 00:42:58,535 Maya, read the notes on Bouglione. 415 00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:03,123 - "The Cirque d'Hiver is still running …" - No, you've already read that. 416 00:43:09,254 --> 00:43:11,840 Bouglione, former lion tamer, 417 00:43:11,965 --> 00:43:16,136 is the last of the great circus owners. 418 00:43:16,261 --> 00:43:19,806 Two young clowns are auditioning for him and hope to be hired. 419 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:23,768 Now you will see a total eclipse of the sun. 420 00:43:24,978 --> 00:43:26,479 There. 421 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:44,080 Wait … 422 00:43:44,205 --> 00:43:47,125 Not now, gentlemen. Please. 423 00:43:54,758 --> 00:43:57,802 His name is Baptiste. He's a psychiatrist. 424 00:43:57,927 --> 00:44:02,015 He did his first shows in a psychiatric hospital. 425 00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:04,976 - She's Chaplin's daughter. - She doesn't want people to know. 426 00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:08,021 His dream is to tour France with a circus, 427 00:44:08,146 --> 00:44:12,150 bringing traditional clown acts back to life. 428 00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:15,987 Bravo! Wonderful! 429 00:44:16,112 --> 00:44:19,032 The girl with him is Charlie Chaplin's daughter. 430 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:23,870 - With just one clown … - Welfare programme. 431 00:44:24,496 --> 00:44:29,334 Ah, yes, here's the welfare programme. Poor children should be given free milk. 432 00:44:30,919 --> 00:44:33,546 Who drank all the free milk? 433 00:44:50,271 --> 00:44:54,192 Maya, please read the notes on Captain Houcke. 434 00:44:55,318 --> 00:44:58,822 - I can't find them. Where are they? - Hurry up, Maya. 435 00:44:58,947 --> 00:45:02,992 "Jean Houcke is 93. He's the oldest circus manager in the world. 436 00:45:03,118 --> 00:45:07,080 "He discovered major talents like Bario and Dario. 437 00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:09,749 "For 35 years he ran the circus in Amiens. 438 00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:14,421 "Next Sunday the city of Amiens will make him an honorary citizen." 439 00:45:14,546 --> 00:45:18,216 - Very good! - Cut it out. You always make fun of me. 440 00:45:19,092 --> 00:45:22,721 He's been lodging with us for four years. 441 00:45:22,846 --> 00:45:24,973 Can we come in? 442 00:45:25,098 --> 00:45:26,975 Good morning, Mr Houcke. 443 00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:28,560 You took your time! 444 00:45:28,685 --> 00:45:32,647 He got all dressed up for you, with a nice shirt and scarf. 445 00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:36,901 I must ask you not to stay too long because … 446 00:45:37,026 --> 00:45:39,988 Do you speak Italian, Mr Houcke? 447 00:45:40,113 --> 00:45:42,949 I'm making a film about clowns. 448 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:46,494 Now, you've managed circuses for many years. 449 00:45:46,619 --> 00:45:51,374 - The first time was in 19 … - These gentlemen would like to know … 450 00:45:51,499 --> 00:45:53,793 - What? - … your thoughts on clowns. 451 00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:56,087 Which famous clowns did you work with? 452 00:45:56,212 --> 00:45:58,590 I don't remember. 453 00:45:58,715 --> 00:46:01,634 Sometimes old Houcke can't remember. 454 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,304 It's not true. He remembers everything. 455 00:46:04,429 --> 00:46:08,141 The circus is all he talks about. 456 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:10,226 He wants to buy the old hall 457 00:46:10,351 --> 00:46:13,605 and start a "Circus of the Future" with animal tamers and singers. 458 00:46:13,730 --> 00:46:17,358 Beniamino Gigli and Tito Schipa will sing there. 459 00:46:17,484 --> 00:46:22,071 - Will you sing too? - No, but I could. 460 00:46:37,670 --> 00:46:39,881 This is the King of Sweden, 461 00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:43,843 Laurel and Hardy, Beniamino Gigli and Grock. 462 00:46:43,968 --> 00:46:46,429 All my friends. 463 00:46:46,554 --> 00:46:49,849 "We're visiting Charlie Rivel, the famous Spanish Auguste. 464 00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:51,434 "He's 74. 465 00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:54,979 "Charlie Rivel and Grock are the only clowns who became rich. 466 00:46:55,104 --> 00:46:57,982 "Rivel has been the guest of every king in Europe. 467 00:46:58,107 --> 00:47:01,778 - "He created a grotesque Auguste …" - The other way up, Maya. 468 00:47:01,903 --> 00:47:04,197 Hold it by the head. 469 00:47:04,322 --> 00:47:05,740 "He created 470 00:47:06,699 --> 00:47:09,869 "a grotesque Auguste with a long red sweater, 471 00:47:09,994 --> 00:47:13,331 "drawing his inspiration from the way children behave." 472 00:47:13,456 --> 00:47:16,042 I love Spanish music! 473 00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:17,502 Oh, yes! 474 00:47:17,961 --> 00:47:19,045 Come in. 475 00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:24,050 I was born in a little Spanish village. Do you remember? 476 00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:28,054 Did you know, Mr Fellini, that I was born in a public square? 477 00:47:28,179 --> 00:47:31,808 My mother had labour pains as she danced on the tightrope. 478 00:47:31,933 --> 00:47:34,018 She was a tightrope walker. 479 00:47:34,602 --> 00:47:39,566 At six I was already an expert on the tightrope. 480 00:47:39,691 --> 00:47:43,486 My father said, "It's only natural that you're an expert 481 00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:48,700 "because you were doing it when you were in your mother's womb." 482 00:47:48,825 --> 00:47:51,619 The circus in Spain is still doing well. 483 00:47:51,744 --> 00:47:53,872 They perform in the Plaza de Toros. 484 00:47:53,997 --> 00:47:58,793 As a child, I saw a terrible thing happen to a trapeze artist. 485 00:47:58,918 --> 00:48:02,338 He used a big balloon in his act 486 00:48:02,463 --> 00:48:05,091 and he would hang from it. 487 00:48:05,216 --> 00:48:08,261 One of the steel cables cut off his leg. 488 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:12,974 The blood fell like rain on the audience below. 489 00:48:14,058 --> 00:48:15,268 Are we supposed to laugh? 490 00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:16,603 Cheers! 491 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,689 - Cheers! - Cheers! 492 00:48:19,814 --> 00:48:21,649 - Cheers! - Cheers! 493 00:48:21,774 --> 00:48:24,485 The government should open a school for clowns. 494 00:48:24,611 --> 00:48:26,529 I'd teach students how to break plates, 495 00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:29,157 how to roll on the ground, how to slap somebody. 496 00:48:29,282 --> 00:48:31,868 You think it's easy to slap somebody? 497 00:48:31,993 --> 00:48:33,953 It's very complicated! 498 00:48:34,078 --> 00:48:36,789 You need teachers if you want to learn how to slap, miss. 499 00:48:37,415 --> 00:48:39,292 I can't digest these. 500 00:48:40,001 --> 00:48:43,421 Hey, look. Nice! 501 00:49:06,653 --> 00:49:08,363 It's so funny! 502 00:49:39,435 --> 00:49:43,982 This young man is Pierre Étaix, a film director and actor. 503 00:49:44,107 --> 00:49:45,775 He married Annie Fratellini, 504 00:49:45,900 --> 00:49:49,278 daughter of Gustave Fratellini, Paul Fratellini's son, 505 00:49:49,404 --> 00:49:53,825 one of the three brothers that became very popular 506 00:49:53,950 --> 00:49:56,369 in the period between the wars. 507 00:49:56,494 --> 00:50:01,624 Pierre Étaix has a short film made in 1924 about the Fratellinis 508 00:50:01,749 --> 00:50:04,961 and has invited us to his house to watch it. 509 00:50:05,086 --> 00:50:08,256 No, madam, the Arc de Triomphe isn't in this neighbourhood. 510 00:50:08,381 --> 00:50:12,885 In Père Gustave's big house, there's a special projector 511 00:50:13,011 --> 00:50:16,639 because the film was shot with a special reduced format. 512 00:50:16,764 --> 00:50:19,767 Careful, this camera is fragile. 513 00:50:21,394 --> 00:50:26,733 - You see, I'm worried. - Why? I don't understand. 514 00:50:26,858 --> 00:50:28,234 Because … 515 00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:30,945 - We should help him. - No, he likes it. 516 00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:34,615 I'm afraid that you'll say in your film that clowns have disappeared. 517 00:50:34,741 --> 00:50:36,701 Yes, but don't worry. 518 00:50:36,826 --> 00:50:40,079 No, Mr Fellini. Clowns haven't disappeared. 519 00:50:40,204 --> 00:50:42,206 People don't know how to laugh any more. 520 00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:46,294 The whole world needs to laugh again with clowns. 521 00:50:48,296 --> 00:50:51,549 The one on the right is my father, Paul Fratellini. 522 00:50:52,425 --> 00:50:55,094 The others are my uncles, Albert and François. 523 00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:57,638 - Two more minutes and we're ready. - Pierre … 524 00:50:57,764 --> 00:51:00,516 Are all these people the Fratellini circus troupe? 525 00:51:00,641 --> 00:51:02,769 - Yes, the whole family. - Just one family? 526 00:51:03,811 --> 00:51:05,271 Alvaro … 527 00:51:14,405 --> 00:51:16,449 Are you hurt? Sorry. 528 00:51:16,574 --> 00:51:21,204 This is Albert's hat. No, madam, it's better like this. 529 00:51:21,329 --> 00:51:23,122 There. 530 00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:27,043 Père Gustave, what about these? Are these clowns as well? 531 00:51:27,168 --> 00:51:29,504 Everybody sit down. Let's get started. 532 00:51:34,717 --> 00:51:36,719 This is a rare documentary. 533 00:51:36,844 --> 00:51:39,847 It's about a séance … 534 00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:44,227 The film's broken. 535 00:51:44,352 --> 00:51:46,145 Turn the light on. 536 00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:50,274 Sorry I can't help, but I don't know a thing about projectors. 537 00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:53,236 - What's this instrument called? - A xylophone. 538 00:51:53,361 --> 00:51:56,155 - François invented it, right? - Yes. 539 00:51:59,784 --> 00:52:02,453 - How does it sound? Do you like it? - It's nice. 540 00:52:02,578 --> 00:52:04,872 Sorry. The machine is old like me. 541 00:52:05,623 --> 00:52:09,293 That sound bothers my ears, though. 542 00:52:13,381 --> 00:52:16,759 Pierre, there's something wrong. 543 00:52:16,884 --> 00:52:18,469 We want our money back! 544 00:52:20,346 --> 00:52:23,808 Oh, again? Come on, Pierre! 545 00:52:24,267 --> 00:52:27,770 Don't be upset. We've got time. We came here to … 546 00:52:27,895 --> 00:52:29,647 That's never happened before. 547 00:52:29,772 --> 00:52:32,275 In the end we gave up on the film. 548 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,945 Instead Annie showed us a scrapbook 549 00:52:36,070 --> 00:52:39,282 made by a fan of the Fratellinis. 550 00:52:39,407 --> 00:52:42,326 He had an accident. 551 00:52:43,536 --> 00:52:45,496 It's funny like this, too! 552 00:52:45,621 --> 00:52:49,792 He says that one night Albert forgot his wooden wig 553 00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:52,712 and Paul split his head open with the axe. 554 00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:57,466 That's the hat stunt. My father did it and I did it too. 555 00:52:58,593 --> 00:53:02,471 Alberto's Auguste has English roots, right? 556 00:53:03,306 --> 00:53:06,934 And was Francois' white clown like Antonet? 557 00:53:07,685 --> 00:53:10,730 - Similar to Antonet? - No, he was completely different. 558 00:53:10,855 --> 00:53:12,857 A dancer, very gentle. 559 00:53:12,982 --> 00:53:14,650 Ah, that tune! 560 00:53:16,027 --> 00:53:19,197 That's very nice. 561 00:53:19,322 --> 00:53:22,658 - May I? - This was their entrance music. 562 00:53:22,783 --> 00:53:26,871 The musicians! Schubert performed by the Fratellinis. 563 00:53:28,331 --> 00:53:31,834 Annie and Père Gustave told us all about Paul, Albert and François 564 00:53:31,959 --> 00:53:33,836 and their immense generosity. 565 00:53:33,961 --> 00:53:37,256 They often performed for free 566 00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:40,259 in trenches, asylums and hospitals. 567 00:56:53,369 --> 00:56:57,415 They hide in remote suburbs and old houses in the town centre, 568 00:56:57,540 --> 00:57:00,376 these old performers who no longer appear on stage. 569 00:57:00,501 --> 00:57:04,255 The town doesn't know about these bizarre ghosts living there. 570 00:57:04,380 --> 00:57:06,882 Yes, it's me. 571 00:57:08,592 --> 00:57:11,137 - That's him. - We don't know that man. 572 00:57:11,262 --> 00:57:13,764 Thanks, we've found him. 573 00:57:18,185 --> 00:57:21,188 - Excuse me for a moment. - Hello, Mr Loriot. 574 00:57:21,313 --> 00:57:24,900 I just went up to change my clothes. 575 00:57:25,025 --> 00:57:29,488 - I know Rome very well. - Forgive the intrusion. 576 00:57:29,613 --> 00:57:33,200 It's like a set from La Bohème. It reminds me of … 577 00:57:33,325 --> 00:57:36,787 - Shut up for once in a while! - Pope Pius X saw me. 578 00:57:36,912 --> 00:57:39,790 Mr Loriot, look into the camera 579 00:57:39,915 --> 00:57:42,751 as I introduce you to my secretary, 580 00:57:44,086 --> 00:57:45,963 my cameraman. 581 00:57:46,088 --> 00:57:47,715 You're in great shape! 582 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:51,302 I'll play one of my old records for you. 583 00:57:51,427 --> 00:57:54,513 Maya, read Père Loriot's biography. Look into the camera. 584 00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:56,182 Watch out. You dropped a paper. 585 00:57:56,307 --> 00:57:59,935 "His real name is Georges Bazot, he's 85 and he performed for 68 years. 586 00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:02,688 "He started out as an Auguste figure known as Bowden. 587 00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:06,650 "He worked for 28 years at the Cirque d'Hiver playing Auguste 588 00:58:06,775 --> 00:58:09,487 "with the greatest clowns in the history of the circus. 589 00:58:09,612 --> 00:58:14,241 "Bario, Porto, Rhum, Mimile, Zavatta. They all worked with him. 590 00:58:14,366 --> 00:58:19,788 "He still performs occasionally for small provincial circuses. 591 00:58:19,914 --> 00:58:23,250 "He rides his bicycle for a couple of hours every day." 592 00:58:23,375 --> 00:58:25,961 In Rome, nobody laughed. 593 00:58:26,086 --> 00:58:29,673 I went to ask the manager what was wrong. 594 00:58:29,798 --> 00:58:34,136 He said, "You were wonderful!" I said, "But nobody laughed." 595 00:58:35,012 --> 00:58:39,600 "Oh", he said, "They never laugh. Never." 596 00:58:41,894 --> 00:58:45,356 Here's my little photo album. 597 00:58:46,273 --> 00:58:48,442 Here's Professor Tournesol 598 00:58:48,567 --> 00:58:52,571 from the film Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or. 599 00:58:53,113 --> 00:58:55,699 I created that character. 600 00:58:55,824 --> 00:59:00,412 Here's Rhum. What an artist he was! 601 00:59:00,538 --> 00:59:02,289 The best clown of them all. 602 00:59:02,414 --> 00:59:06,919 Here I am with my wife, after the 1914 war. 603 00:59:07,044 --> 00:59:09,672 - That's your wife? - Yes, it is. 604 00:59:09,797 --> 00:59:13,133 It was. She's no longer with us, poor thing. 605 00:59:13,259 --> 00:59:16,595 We were together 53 years. 606 00:59:17,179 --> 00:59:19,848 That's a pretty long time. 607 00:59:21,058 --> 00:59:25,563 Allow me to drink to her memory. 608 00:59:26,188 --> 00:59:28,691 To her precious memory. 609 00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:38,617 This is a silhouette of Pum Pum. 610 00:59:41,412 --> 00:59:43,581 Look. Is that a circus? 611 00:59:43,706 --> 00:59:47,334 Yes, the Medrano. But it's been turned into a beer house. 612 00:59:50,671 --> 00:59:53,173 Slow down, please. 613 00:59:56,051 --> 00:59:58,679 Have you ever heard of a clown called Rhum? 614 00:59:59,305 --> 01:00:00,472 What? 615 01:00:01,849 --> 01:00:03,601 Ever go to the circus? 616 01:00:03,726 --> 01:00:09,106 You think I have time for the circus? I have other things to do. 617 01:00:09,898 --> 01:00:11,692 The circus! As if! 618 01:00:12,776 --> 01:00:14,361 Hello. 619 01:00:14,486 --> 01:00:16,989 - I'm very pleased to see you. - Good morning, madam. 620 01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:18,991 I can speak Italian. 621 01:00:19,116 --> 01:00:20,993 How is Mr Bario? 622 01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:24,121 Come in, please. 623 01:00:24,997 --> 01:00:29,001 Bario is another famous name in French circus history. 624 01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:31,086 His real name is Manrico Meschi. 625 01:00:31,211 --> 01:00:34,798 He left Livorno with his brothers 70 years ago and never returned. 626 01:00:34,923 --> 01:00:40,304 Tristan Rémy says that everybody loved Bario's Auguste. 627 01:00:40,429 --> 01:00:43,641 A drunken, noisy, childlike tramp. 628 01:00:43,766 --> 01:00:48,562 Let's not forget the Anglo-Saxon version of the tramp … 629 01:00:49,063 --> 01:00:53,442 My dear Mr Fellini, it's no use. He won't come down. 630 01:00:53,567 --> 01:00:59,782 He's been away from Italy 40 years and seeing Italians makes him very emotional. 631 01:00:59,907 --> 01:01:02,993 Do you want to try, Tristan? Maybe he'll come down. 632 01:01:03,118 --> 01:01:06,038 - Yes, of course. - Tristan, tell him he can't do this. 633 01:01:06,163 --> 01:01:10,209 Mrs Bario, do you have any photos? An album or something? 634 01:01:10,334 --> 01:01:11,335 Of what? 635 01:01:11,460 --> 01:01:15,631 Photos of when you worked together, photos of the circus. 636 01:01:15,756 --> 01:01:19,802 - Yes, we've got some up there. - Thank you. Will you show them to me? 637 01:01:20,469 --> 01:01:21,845 Here. 638 01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:27,309 - These are your children, right? - This is Nello and this … 639 01:01:27,434 --> 01:01:29,520 - Where are they now? - They're in Lille. 640 01:01:29,645 --> 01:01:31,647 - This is Bario. - I recognise him. 641 01:01:31,772 --> 01:01:34,858 Is this little girl your granddaughter? 642 01:01:34,983 --> 01:01:38,320 That's me. When I was a child I had a dog act. 643 01:01:38,445 --> 01:01:42,408 Sorry about this silly question, but were you sad to leave the circus? 644 01:01:42,533 --> 01:01:45,077 I mean, do you miss the life? 645 01:01:45,869 --> 01:01:49,915 Yes, you always miss the past, your youth. 646 01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:54,211 Ours was a wonderful life. 647 01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:59,800 We were born in the circus. Yes, we miss it a lot. 648 01:02:00,926 --> 01:02:04,012 - You've never spoken to a young lady? - Never. 649 01:02:04,138 --> 01:02:08,308 It doesn't matter. I'll tell you what to say. Just repeat after me. Are you ready? 650 01:02:09,017 --> 01:02:10,686 Repeat this. 651 01:02:10,811 --> 01:02:13,897 "Miss, ever since I saw you I haven't eaten anything." 652 01:02:16,525 --> 01:02:19,987 Miss, ever since … But there hasn't been anything to eat! 653 01:02:20,988 --> 01:02:23,574 Idiot, repeat after me. "I haven't drunk anything." 654 01:02:27,077 --> 01:02:28,787 Come on! 655 01:02:30,414 --> 01:02:32,833 Keep going. "Miss, I haven't slept." 656 01:02:33,751 --> 01:02:37,755 - Don't make me say silly things. - That's how you win a woman's heart. 657 01:02:38,881 --> 01:02:42,509 Repeat after me. "Miss, I'm ready to die for you." 658 01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:46,513 What are you talking about? 659 01:02:46,638 --> 01:02:48,140 It's romantic. 660 01:02:48,265 --> 01:02:51,810 I'm supposed to die for a two-bit wooden dummy? 661 01:02:57,232 --> 01:03:00,402 Help! Help! 662 01:03:01,236 --> 01:03:04,948 I'll sit down because I feel very tired. 663 01:03:05,073 --> 01:03:06,992 Please do. 664 01:03:07,117 --> 01:03:10,829 - Listen, you insisted … - Yes. 665 01:03:11,872 --> 01:03:16,001 … on interviewing me here at home. 666 01:03:16,126 --> 01:03:17,336 Yes, I did. 667 01:03:17,461 --> 01:03:21,548 But it breaks my heart to talk about the circus. 668 01:03:21,673 --> 01:03:25,469 I want you to know that the circus 669 01:03:26,220 --> 01:03:28,931 was my whole life. 670 01:03:30,808 --> 01:03:34,061 I started out with my brothers. 671 01:03:34,186 --> 01:03:37,773 With one of them. The other one didn't like the circus. 672 01:03:37,898 --> 01:03:39,983 And I spent 60 years there. 673 01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:42,444 Then I came home. 674 01:03:42,569 --> 01:03:44,154 What is your life like now? 675 01:03:44,696 --> 01:03:47,032 Now I have a quiet life. 676 01:03:47,157 --> 01:03:52,996 I listen to Italian radio night and day 677 01:03:53,121 --> 01:03:56,124 because I can't forget Italy. 678 01:03:56,250 --> 01:03:59,711 How do you spend your time now? 679 01:04:00,587 --> 01:04:05,425 During the day I feed my canary. 680 01:04:05,551 --> 01:04:10,264 Then there's my wife … and … 681 01:04:12,182 --> 01:04:16,895 I lead a quiet life. I try to forget. 682 01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:22,442 But I can't forget the circus, I really can't. 683 01:04:27,114 --> 01:04:30,826 - Thank you for coming to see us. - All the best, madam. 684 01:04:30,951 --> 01:04:35,706 Poor man. I felt so sorry for him. Old age is a horrible thing. 685 01:04:40,002 --> 01:04:41,795 Good luck. 686 01:04:44,715 --> 01:04:48,385 The greatest clown was Rhum. 687 01:04:48,510 --> 01:04:50,596 Once again Rémy talked to me about Rhum. 688 01:04:50,721 --> 01:04:55,517 He was different from the other clowns, with his subtle make-up and creative talent. 689 01:04:55,642 --> 01:04:58,353 He told me stories about his unhappy life. 690 01:04:58,478 --> 01:05:00,856 Women didn't like him, so he drank. 691 01:05:00,981 --> 01:05:03,901 When he was drunk he came up with his funniest gags. 692 01:05:04,026 --> 01:05:05,360 He died young. 693 01:05:05,485 --> 01:05:07,821 They had a whip-round to pay for his funeral. 694 01:05:07,946 --> 01:05:10,157 Our curiosity to learn more about this clown 695 01:05:10,282 --> 01:05:14,953 brought us here, to the French state TV building, to see a rare treasure, 696 01:05:15,078 --> 01:05:17,497 a short film featuring Rhum. 697 01:05:17,623 --> 01:05:22,878 The vast, funereal atmosphere epitomises our search for a lost world. 698 01:05:23,003 --> 01:05:25,213 A voyage into another dimension 699 01:05:25,339 --> 01:05:27,382 that showed us an unknown side of Paris. 700 01:05:32,679 --> 01:05:35,974 - Who knows how I'll get my money back. - Hello, madam. 701 01:05:36,099 --> 01:05:38,977 - Where are you going? - Mrs Klosinsky. 702 01:05:39,102 --> 01:05:41,396 Hey, Adelaïde! 703 01:05:41,521 --> 01:05:43,815 - Where do we go? - Over there. 704 01:05:43,941 --> 01:05:45,108 Thank you. 705 01:05:54,284 --> 01:05:57,329 - You're Mr Bellini? - Fellini. It's Fellini. 706 01:05:57,454 --> 01:06:03,043 - You're here to see Series 12, 435A? - I think so. 707 01:06:04,461 --> 01:06:07,297 The directors have authorised the viewing. 708 01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:08,674 Thank you. 709 01:06:09,716 --> 01:06:13,553 Come in, please. You can see it from where you are. 710 01:06:21,728 --> 01:06:23,730 Is it silent? 711 01:06:23,855 --> 01:06:26,733 Yes. The whole of Series 12 is silent. 712 01:06:29,152 --> 01:06:31,238 That's not Rhum. There's some mistake. 713 01:06:31,363 --> 01:06:35,200 - That's not Rhum, madam. - This is 435A. 714 01:06:35,325 --> 01:06:38,078 Oh, here he is. That's Rhum. 715 01:07:02,102 --> 01:07:03,228 THE END 716 01:07:05,522 --> 01:07:06,982 Is that it? 717 01:07:07,107 --> 01:07:10,277 - It's finished? Madam? - So it seems. 718 01:07:10,402 --> 01:07:14,322 I felt embarrassed, as if our quest had failed, 719 01:07:14,948 --> 01:07:18,410 our journey had led us nowhere. 720 01:07:18,535 --> 01:07:20,662 Maybe Tristan Rémy is right. 721 01:07:20,787 --> 01:07:22,956 Maybe the clown really is dead. 722 01:07:39,181 --> 01:07:40,640 Look. 723 01:07:42,726 --> 01:07:44,728 - What's happened? - He's dead. 724 01:07:45,187 --> 01:07:46,730 Poor soul. 725 01:08:11,296 --> 01:08:14,299 - Happiness! - Why are you saying "happiness"? 726 01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:17,052 - Don't you know who's dead? - Who's dead? 727 01:08:17,177 --> 01:08:19,846 - Fischietto's dead. - Fischietto's dead? 728 01:08:19,971 --> 01:08:22,265 Yes, he's a dead corpse. 729 01:08:22,390 --> 01:08:26,561 Just when we were supposed to be playing poker. 730 01:08:27,187 --> 01:08:32,609 Oh, well done. Your sorrow will refresh my feet. 731 01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:39,199 I was supposed to kill him but he died of his own accord. 732 01:08:39,324 --> 01:08:41,493 - Show some respect. - I've brought beer. 733 01:08:41,618 --> 01:08:43,703 - Beer? - I've brought beer. 734 01:08:45,247 --> 01:08:47,999 Beer for everyone! 735 01:08:51,253 --> 01:08:54,256 Stop right there! Who is it? How's it going? 736 01:09:02,806 --> 01:09:05,016 - What's going on here? - Mr Ringmaster! 737 01:09:05,142 --> 01:09:07,686 - Who let you in? - I take my hat off! 738 01:09:07,811 --> 01:09:10,939 That's enough! Don't you realise there's been a tragedy? 739 01:09:11,064 --> 01:09:13,316 Poor Mr Fischietto is dead. 740 01:09:14,025 --> 01:09:15,485 Stop this! 741 01:09:15,610 --> 01:09:19,239 Show some respect for a poor widow's grief. 742 01:09:26,163 --> 01:09:29,457 I look good in black. It accentuates my curves. 743 01:09:29,583 --> 01:09:31,293 This way. 744 01:09:34,087 --> 01:09:35,922 Poor soul. 745 01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:41,344 - My friend! - So handsome! 746 01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:47,767 I'll deflate you too! 747 01:09:50,228 --> 01:09:52,522 What are you doing? Are you crazy? 748 01:09:52,647 --> 01:09:55,567 - Put that candle down. - But it's so good. 749 01:09:55,692 --> 01:09:58,528 I've been eating candles since I was a child. 750 01:10:01,198 --> 01:10:02,240 Dad! 751 01:10:04,034 --> 01:10:07,704 Daddy, why did you leave me all alone? 752 01:10:12,334 --> 01:10:15,378 This is my inheritance. 753 01:10:21,843 --> 01:10:24,721 This is mine. 754 01:10:26,848 --> 01:10:30,435 Everybody stay where you are! I'm the lawyer. 755 01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,855 The lawyer with the will. Where is it? 756 01:10:33,980 --> 01:10:35,482 Oh, here it is. 757 01:10:37,192 --> 01:10:39,361 He's going to read his will. 758 01:10:39,486 --> 01:10:45,242 The true will, written, autographed and signed by the dead man 759 01:10:45,367 --> 01:10:47,827 when he didn't know he was dead. 760 01:10:47,953 --> 01:10:49,871 Go on, Camicia, take it. 761 01:10:50,497 --> 01:10:51,748 Go on. 762 01:10:52,749 --> 01:10:54,376 Go on. Stop there. 763 01:10:57,420 --> 01:11:01,758 "I, the undersigned Fischietto Filadagrile, 764 01:11:01,883 --> 01:11:08,265 say and state that if I'd had a villa by the sea surrounded by trees, 765 01:11:08,390 --> 01:11:12,978 I'd have left it to my faithful dog. 766 01:11:13,103 --> 01:11:16,439 But since I don't have a villa by the sea, 767 01:11:16,564 --> 01:11:20,277 I leave my trombone to my friend Bebè, 768 01:11:20,402 --> 01:11:23,113 my empty suitcase to my friend Bobo …" 769 01:11:23,238 --> 01:11:25,323 He hasn't left me anything! 770 01:11:25,448 --> 01:11:28,785 "… my fleas to everybody …" 771 01:11:29,244 --> 01:11:32,789 What am I going to do? I'm a poor orphan! 772 01:11:34,916 --> 01:11:37,669 Hold it, everyone! 773 01:11:38,378 --> 01:11:40,797 Time for a photo. 774 01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:49,431 Don't move. 775 01:11:51,933 --> 01:11:54,936 This way. That way. Like this. 776 01:11:55,061 --> 01:11:57,856 - Keep still. - Hold it like that. 777 01:11:57,981 --> 01:12:02,235 One … two … three. Effects? 778 01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:03,695 Well? What's going on? 779 01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:06,072 Check out the lamp. All ready, sir! 780 01:12:06,197 --> 01:12:08,366 All ready? Why didn't it work properly? 781 01:12:08,491 --> 01:12:11,286 - The lamp was ready. I set it earlier. - All right now? 782 01:12:11,411 --> 01:12:13,330 - Go ahead, it's all set now. - All ready. 783 01:12:13,455 --> 01:12:14,956 Keep still, then. 784 01:12:16,041 --> 01:12:18,376 One … two … three. Go. 785 01:12:19,836 --> 01:12:21,921 - Damn! Check the lamp again. - I fixed it. 786 01:12:22,047 --> 01:12:25,508 - Maybe it's wet. - Yeah, right. Wet! Don't move. 787 01:12:25,633 --> 01:12:27,260 Move your foot. Wake up! 788 01:12:27,385 --> 01:12:29,429 It's fine, sir. I've got it. 789 01:12:29,554 --> 01:12:32,599 - You're not done yet? - Shut up! 790 01:12:32,724 --> 01:12:34,351 This is ready. It's fine. 791 01:12:34,476 --> 01:12:36,519 This goes there. It'll work now. 792 01:12:38,396 --> 01:12:40,482 The wires. Check the wires. 793 01:12:59,084 --> 01:13:03,088 Keep going, keep going. Now drop the planks. 794 01:13:15,642 --> 01:13:18,478 See, sir? It works. Roll camera, sir. Roll camera. 795 01:13:31,157 --> 01:13:32,158 Nail. 796 01:13:36,287 --> 01:13:38,039 He took the tastiest one! 797 01:13:48,341 --> 01:13:50,593 You missed it! 798 01:13:55,682 --> 01:13:57,684 You missed again! 799 01:14:19,038 --> 01:14:20,707 Try this. 800 01:14:21,499 --> 01:14:22,959 It's good. 801 01:14:31,968 --> 01:14:33,303 Goodness me! 802 01:14:40,143 --> 01:14:42,437 I feel fine now. 803 01:14:43,605 --> 01:14:44,814 There you go. 804 01:14:45,982 --> 01:14:47,317 There you go. 805 01:14:58,578 --> 01:15:02,957 Mr Fellini, what message do you want to send out with this TV special? 806 01:15:03,082 --> 01:15:05,126 Well, the message I'd like to … 807 01:15:05,251 --> 01:15:07,253 Are you trying to create a parallel … 808 01:15:22,894 --> 01:15:24,562 Thank you … 809 01:15:29,859 --> 01:15:33,655 Five! You missed all of them! 810 01:16:14,404 --> 01:16:19,492 Ladies and gentlemen, sad news fills the air today. 811 01:16:19,617 --> 01:16:22,120 Mr Auguste, aka The Clown, 812 01:16:22,245 --> 01:16:26,416 has passed away, has departed, is deceased … is dead. 813 01:16:26,541 --> 01:16:28,960 His few friends and his many creditors 814 01:16:29,544 --> 01:16:34,090 mourn his early death at the age of 200. 815 01:16:34,841 --> 01:16:38,052 We couldn't call him handsome or intelligent. 816 01:16:38,177 --> 01:16:40,221 We couldn't say anything about him 817 01:16:40,346 --> 01:16:43,349 because he'd respond to even the slightest observation 818 01:16:43,474 --> 01:16:46,102 by squirting water in our faces. 819 01:16:56,821 --> 01:17:02,994 On this sad occasion, a speech about the deceased, 820 01:17:03,119 --> 01:17:06,623 to preserve pleasant memories of him, 821 01:17:06,748 --> 01:17:10,001 is a hopeless undertaking, my dear friends. 822 01:17:10,126 --> 01:17:12,128 How can I say anything good about him? 823 01:17:12,253 --> 01:17:17,759 It's impossible to find a single episode in his wretched existence 824 01:17:17,884 --> 01:17:22,138 that would make you say, "He was a nice man after all." 825 01:17:38,404 --> 01:17:40,698 He's always been untalented, 826 01:17:40,823 --> 01:17:44,494 a lazybones, a drunk, a troublemaker, a good-for-nothing. 827 01:17:44,619 --> 01:17:47,580 He cheated at games, was disloyal to his friends, 828 01:17:47,705 --> 01:17:51,334 a pain in the neck for his landlord and for the electricity board. 829 01:17:51,459 --> 01:17:55,880 We all weep at the sad news that he died now 830 01:17:56,005 --> 01:18:00,301 and not when the nurse said, "It's a boy!" 831 01:18:00,426 --> 01:18:03,137 He dedicated his long, miserable life 832 01:18:03,262 --> 01:18:05,765 to throwing buckets of water in people's faces, 833 01:18:05,890 --> 01:18:09,060 breaking eggs on their heads and wiping soap on their mouths. 834 01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:12,730 He played the trombone with his feet and danced the tango with his ears. 835 01:18:12,855 --> 01:18:16,609 He made children laugh and his own sons cry. 836 01:18:16,734 --> 01:18:20,822 As a white clown and as his enemy brother, 837 01:18:20,947 --> 01:18:24,283 I tried all I could to teach him some manners 838 01:18:24,409 --> 01:18:27,578 by hitting him on the head, treading on his feet 839 01:18:27,704 --> 01:18:29,038 and slapping his neck. 840 01:18:29,163 --> 01:18:31,958 But Auguste the clown rebelled against all advice 841 01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:35,837 and pursued his grotesque, drunken career. 842 01:18:35,962 --> 01:18:38,256 He kept on cavorting 843 01:18:38,381 --> 01:18:41,300 under a shower of rotten eggs and dirty water 844 01:18:41,426 --> 01:18:44,846 until he was suffocated by an ostrich egg. 845 01:18:44,971 --> 01:18:48,558 It entered his nose and got stuck in the depths 846 01:18:48,683 --> 01:18:51,477 of the third carotid artery on the left. 847 01:18:51,602 --> 01:18:56,357 His lungs failed and his soul flew out of his right ear. 848 01:18:56,482 --> 01:18:59,193 He is no longer with us, but luckily I am. 849 01:18:59,318 --> 01:19:01,404 Weep, my brothers, if you wish. 850 01:19:01,529 --> 01:19:03,698 As for me, I cried more than enough 851 01:19:03,823 --> 01:19:07,702 when I had to put up with him on stage at the circus. 852 01:19:07,827 --> 01:19:09,120 Amen. 853 01:19:23,050 --> 01:19:27,930 Dum-di-dum, dum-di-dum, Fischietto has … 854 01:19:28,055 --> 01:19:31,058 - No! - … gone! 855 01:19:35,897 --> 01:19:37,565 Come on, come on! 856 01:20:16,395 --> 01:20:18,981 We've done our eight contracted hours. 857 01:20:19,106 --> 01:20:21,984 We're sick of working like animals. 858 01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:30,326 This is too much, damn it! 859 01:20:38,668 --> 01:20:40,461 Hey, Maestro. 860 01:20:40,586 --> 01:20:41,921 Start! 861 01:21:24,881 --> 01:21:29,760 Go round again! Fanfulla, don't stop! 862 01:21:36,851 --> 01:21:39,270 Faster, faster. Where are you going? 863 01:21:39,395 --> 01:21:42,899 Sorry, Federico, I've twisted my ankle. 864 01:21:43,482 --> 01:21:45,735 Come on, faster with that cart! 865 01:21:45,860 --> 01:21:49,655 Colombaioni, don't slow down. Don't slow down! 866 01:21:49,780 --> 01:21:54,201 Faster, faster. Come this way. 867 01:21:58,372 --> 01:22:04,170 Faster with the cart! Whip the horses! 868 01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:07,423 Keep going, keep going! 869 01:22:13,304 --> 01:22:17,266 Don't stop. Go round again! 870 01:22:18,684 --> 01:22:21,604 Come on, Maya. What's Fumagalli doing there, Maya? 871 01:22:21,729 --> 01:22:23,314 What is it? He's exhausted. 872 01:22:23,439 --> 01:22:26,359 Come on, don't stop. Come on, faster. 873 01:22:27,443 --> 01:22:29,445 What's wrong, Fumagalli? 874 01:22:30,988 --> 01:22:32,406 He doesn't feel well. 875 01:22:32,531 --> 01:22:34,575 - Fumagalli, what is it? - I can't do it. 876 01:22:53,135 --> 01:22:55,471 Go and get the cannon now. 877 01:22:58,015 --> 01:23:01,602 I'll count to three and then shoot you four times with the cannon. 878 01:23:01,727 --> 01:23:04,647 I say one, I say two, I say three! 879 01:23:23,082 --> 01:23:24,333 Maya, Maya! 880 01:23:27,336 --> 01:23:28,587 Surrender! 881 01:23:29,088 --> 01:23:30,798 Surrender! 882 01:23:32,508 --> 01:23:37,221 Faster! Go faster! 883 01:23:52,778 --> 01:23:54,280 It's nice and warm here. 884 01:26:43,115 --> 01:26:45,326 I liked it very much. 885 01:26:46,702 --> 01:26:48,120 Turn the lights out. It's over. 886 01:26:54,877 --> 01:26:56,879 - Good night, sir. - Good night. 887 01:26:58,714 --> 01:27:00,799 Can I go home, sir? 888 01:27:00,925 --> 01:27:03,719 - Yes. Do you feel better now? - Yes. 889 01:27:05,638 --> 01:27:07,389 You know, Mr Fellini, 890 01:27:08,432 --> 01:27:13,854 I used to do an act with my partner Fru-Fru. 891 01:27:13,979 --> 01:27:16,607 He'd pretend that he was dead. 892 01:27:16,732 --> 01:27:20,277 I'd come out and say, "Where's Fru-Fru?" 893 01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:23,656 "Don't you know?" the ringmaster would say. "He's dead." 894 01:27:23,781 --> 01:27:26,158 "What do you mean, dead?" I'd say. 895 01:27:26,283 --> 01:27:31,330 "He needs to give me ten sausages and a candle that I lent him last year." 896 01:27:31,455 --> 01:27:34,083 "Well, he's dead," the ringmaster would say. 897 01:27:34,208 --> 01:27:36,502 "Where can I find him?" I'd say. 898 01:27:36,627 --> 01:27:39,505 "Idiot! I'm telling you he's dead!" 899 01:27:40,047 --> 01:27:43,634 But I wouldn't give up and started calling out to him. 900 01:27:43,759 --> 01:27:46,595 "Fru-Fru! Fru-Fru!" 901 01:27:47,471 --> 01:27:50,474 No reply. 902 01:27:50,599 --> 01:27:53,185 "He must really be dead," I'd say. 903 01:27:53,310 --> 01:27:56,188 "If he's dead, how will I find him? 904 01:27:56,313 --> 01:28:01,026 "A person can't just disappear like that. He must be somewhere. 905 01:28:01,151 --> 01:28:02,820 "Fru-Fru!" 906 01:28:03,529 --> 01:28:06,323 Then I'd have an idea. 907 01:28:06,448 --> 01:28:10,327 "I'll call him with my trumpet like I used to when he worked with me." 908 01:28:10,452 --> 01:28:13,622 So I'd start to call him with my trumpet. 909 01:28:13,747 --> 01:28:17,584 I'd play the first few notes, then I'd listen. 910 01:28:18,335 --> 01:28:19,837 Nothing. 911 01:28:19,962 --> 01:28:21,839 I'd try again. 912 01:28:21,964 --> 01:28:26,093 It was a really beautiful song, it made you cry. 913 01:28:26,218 --> 01:28:27,970 It went like this.