Silent Sonata (Circus Fantasticus) 2010

Silent Sonata

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Movie Info

A man and his children live in a half-destroyed house in a field and fear an attack by the military until a traveling circus stops by.

Genre:

war, drama
Original Language:

Slovenian
Director:

Janez Burger
Producer:

Morgan Bushe, Jozko Rutar
Writer:

Janez Burger
Runtime:

1h 15m
Production Co:

Fastnet Films, Staragara, Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe, The Chimney Pot, Film i Väst

Cast & Crew

Leon Lucev
Father

René Bazinet
Old Man

Daniel Rovai
Clown

Luna Zimic Mijovic
Daughter

Ravil Sultanov
Circus Leader

Pauliina Räsänen
Beauty

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Critic Reviews for Silent Sonata (Circus Fantasticus)

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (2)

This modern take on the silent genre has none of the polish of, say, The Artist, but director Janez Burger's attempt has some powerful moments.

September 23, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kate Muir
Times (UK)
There is some beautiful imagery along the way but the conceit seems forced.

May 9, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
A Fellini-esque silent fable with tackles the horrors of war with a refreshing sense of the absurd.

May 4, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Simon Crook
Empire Magazine
By no means perfect, Burger's Silent Sonata is an oddly mesmerising piece of performance art.

March 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Ben Nicholson
CineVue
Janez Burger has chosen to tell a dark and alienating story in a dark and alienating way. The combination of style and substance makes the viewer recoil.

August 10, 2018 | Full Review…

Sarah Manvel
Critic's Notebook
Slovenian filmmaker Janez Burger's dialogue-free poetic fable doesn't dig deep (circus as metaphor for life, thanks Fellini) but there's a gentle surreal charm that's hard to resist.

May 5, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Philip Kemp
Total Film
With enigmatic digressions into the nature of the afterlife, Silent Sonata is a visually sumptuous and moving little picture in which volumes of meaning are passed along - between characters, and also to us, the audience - wordlessly.

August 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5

Simon Miraudo
Quickflix
An elegant exercise in classic European magical realism.

April 4, 2011 | Full Review…

Mark Adams
Screen International