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Franco Dragone

Alegría

94' - 1999 - Fantasy, Drama, Romance - Dialogue: Russian, French, English
Director: Franco Dragone Composer: Benoit Jutras With: René Bazinet, Frank Langella, Mako
Momo, an orphan slave child forced by Marcello to sell flowers in the eternal ghetto known as the Cauldron, has just one true friend, a disconsolate street mime named Frac. By saving Frac from committing suicide, Momo accidentally introduces them to Alegria, a circus of breathtaking acrobats, jugglers, clowns and a girl singer, named Giulietta, the ringmaster’s overprotected daughter. Frac falls in love but he must win over her father Fleur, who refuses to let his daughter be swayed by his advances. With the aid of Frac and Giulietta can the gamin Momo lead his fellow prisoners to freedom. The children, having left Marcello’s world of slave labor behind, are now free to regain their innocence and joy in Fleur’s world of the magical circus.

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Credits

Director

Franco Dragone

Composer

Benoit Jutras

With

René Bazinet, Frank Langella, Mako

Scenario

Rudy Barichello

Director of Photography

Pierre Mignot

Editor

Jean-François Bergeron

Producer

Rudy Barichello, Stéphane Reichel

More information

Dialogue

Russian, French, English

Countries of production

Canada

Year

1999

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