Balada triste (2010)
AventureComédieDrameHorreurThriller
Dans l’enceinte d’un cirque, les singes crient sauvagement dans leur cage tandis qu’à l’extérieur, les hommes s’entretuent sur la piste d’un tout autre cirque : la guerre civile espagnole. Recruté de force par l’armée républicaine, le clown Auguste se retrouve, dans son costume de scène, au milieu d’une bataille où il finira par perpétrer un massacre à coup de machette au sein du camp national. Quelques années plus tard, sous la dictature de Franco, Javier, le fils du clown milicien, se trouve du travail en tant que clown triste dans un cirque où il va rencontrer un invraisemblable panel de personnages marginaux, comme l’homme canon, le dompteur d’éléphants, un couple en crise, dresseurs de chiens mais surtout un autre clown : un clown brutal, rongé par la haine et le désespoir, Sergio. Les deux clowns vont alors s’affronter sans limite pour l’amour d’une acrobate, la plus belle et la plus cruelle femme du cirque : Natalia.
Directeur: Álex de la Iglesia
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Carlos Areces as Javier |
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Carolina Bang as Natalia |
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Antonio de la Torre as Sergio |
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Manuel Tallafé as Ramiro |
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Enrique Villén as Andrés |
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Santiago Segura as Padre-Payaso tonto |
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Alejandro Tejerías as Motorista-fantasma |
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Manuel Tejada as Jefe de pista |
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Gracia Olayo as Sonsoles |
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Sancho Gracia as Coronel Salcedo |
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Paco Sagarzazu as Anselmo |
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Terele Pávez as Dolores (veterinaria) |
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Luis Varela as Manuel (Veterinario) |
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Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Capitán miliciano |
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Fofito as Payaso listo |
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Juan Viadas as Franco |
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Fran Perea as Soldado nacional |
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Joaquín Climent as Padre de framilia |
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Juana Cordero as Madre de los niños |
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Fernando Chinarro as Abuelo |
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Jorge Clemente as Javier (Joven 1943) |
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Sasha Di Bendetto as Javier (Niño 1937) |
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Ángel Acero as Locutor / Actor |
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David Sánchez Calvo as Trapecista |
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José Manuel Cervino as Secretario |
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Isidro Montalvo as Amaestrador de osos |
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Javier Botet as Preso enloquecido |
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Raúl Arévalo as Carlos (chico cine) |
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Luz Valdenebro as Mª Ángeles (chica cine) |
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Ignasi Vidal as Policía (Convoy) |
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Josu Ormaetxe as Millonario #1 |
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Josean Bengoetxea as Millonario #2 |
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Chusa Barbero as Señora enjoyada |
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Fernando Soto as Médico |
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Merche Romero as Bailarina en el Kojak |
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Elsa Cabo as Bailarina en el Kojak |
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Anita Torres as Bailarina en el Kojak |
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David M. Antón as Miliciano (uncredited) |
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Biaffra as Guardia civil (uncredited) |
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Mikel Bustamante as Figurante cine / Guardia civil (uncredited) |
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Diego Calderón as Trapecista Machete (uncredited) |
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Sixto Cid as Bestia (uncredited) |
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Luis Lobos Negros as Trabajador circo (uncredited) |
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Ángel Cristo as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Alexander Estrella as Soldado nacional (uncredited) |
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Torcuato Fernández Miranda as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Manuel Fraga as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Francisco Franco as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Raphael as Raphael (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Álex de la Iglesia | Director |
| Writing | Álex de la Iglesia | Writer |
| Production | Vérane Frédiani | Producer |
| Production | Gerardo Herrero | Producer |
| Production | Franck Ribière | Producer |
| Production | Yousaf Bokhari | Line Producer |
| Production | Adrian Politowski | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gilles Waterkeyn | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Roque Baños | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kiko de la Rica | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Alejandro Lázaro | Editor |
| Production | Camilla-Valentine Isola | Casting |
| Art | Eduardo Hidalgo Jr. | Art Direction |
| Art | Federico del Cerro | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paco Delgado | Costume Design |
| Crew | Juan José Rodríguez | Stunts |
| Crew | David Rodriguez | Stunts |
| Crew | Ricardo Rocca | Stunts |
| Crew | Jota Ramos | Stunts |
| Crew | Tomás Ordóñez | Stunts |
| Crew | Eduardo Moratilla | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Fernando Millán | Stunts |
| Crew | Cynthia Martínez | Stunts |
| Crew | Álvaro Hernández | Stunts |
| Crew | Álvaro Hernández Arriero | Stunts |
| Crew | Diego Herberg | Stunts |
| Crew | Gema García Moresco | Stunts |
| Crew | Joaquín Fernández | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesús Fernández | Stunts |
| Crew | Eduardo Fedriani | Stunts |
| Crew | Daniel Willy Defense | Stunts |
| Crew | Pablo Casillas | Stunts |
| Crew | Ignacio Carreño | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Julián Cancela | Stunts |
| Crew | Javier Cancela | Stunts |
| Crew | Daniel Cancela | Stunts |
| Crew | Dacio Caballero | Stunts |
| Crew | Luis Miguel Arranz | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonia Pérez Ferrándiz | Assistant Makeup Artist |