My characters talk about it, but I decided to show them instead, and the way they treat the animals. Åsa Sjöström: I try not to focus too much on this idea of circus being all about animal abuse. In The Last Circus Princess, shown in the Göteborg Film Festival’s Nordic Documentary Competition, Åsa Sjöström gives the limelight to the women behind the Cirkus Rhodin, one of the last surviving circuses in Sweden, run by the seventh generation of performers who just won’t quit.Ĭineuropa: What made you want to show something that has become rather unpopular? It’s fashionable to be against circus, rather than mourn its untimely demise. Laatst gewijzigd door Didier op vr 4:33 pm, 1 keer totaal gewijzigd.Ĭineuropa spoke with photographer Åsa Sjöström about her first film, The Last Circus Princess, on the program of the Gothenburg Festival Geen wonder dat de hond van het circus de krant leest. (Het tweede festival is Tempo, het grootste op het gebied van documentaires, begin maart in Stockholm) I’m so happy and thankful to the wonderful Rhodin family who let me into their lives and everyone else who’ve been supportive and working on the film. It’s my first documentary and there has been so much uncertainty and doubts within me. It is overwhelming to be nominated in two of the biggest documentary awards we have in Sweden and the Nordic country’s. Naar eigen zeggen het mooiste circus van Zweden.Įn de drie generaties die dit circus nog altijd kent. Will Simona be the last generation Circus artist? Through an amazing archive and Simonas mind we will be able to follow the heydays of Circus life to what Circus life has become today. Ingeborg Rhodin, Simonas grandmother, becomes a symbol of a bygone era. The Last Circus Princess is a documentary I´ve been working on since 2013 and started filming in 2015. ”This is my life, I don´t think the culture of circus will die, I was born into this and I can’t do anything else” Simona Rhodin where born into a life of alienation where she is expected to pass on the legacy of the small Circus Rhodin.Īdapting to the “ordinary” world has never been an option, traveling the roads with her two moms is what she’s familiar with and she will never turn away from it. The Rhodin women is one of two circuses still using horses, dogs and sometimes other animals in their performance, and they fight for their rights to continue perform with their animals.Įveryday when they open their eyes, they meet new people who admire and despise them.Īnd the family is alway on the road to a new town somewhere in Sweden, like a changing backdrop. The perception that Circus is by nature animal plague has led to Circus death, in Sweden and most other countries in the world. Over the past ten years, the number of circuses in Sweden has decreased at the same speed as the years has past. Today, only two circuses remain in Sweden. She has been living and working in the circus her whole life. The Last Circus Princess tells a story about a 250 year old artform and a young girl, Simona. Met bovenstaande titel in het Engels, maar in goed Zweeds Den sista cirkusprinsessan. Geschreven, geproduceerd en geregisseerd door Asa Sjöström. Afgelopen week was de film voor het eerst te zien tijdens het Filmfestival van Gotenburg.Įen documentaire van bijna een uur over een meisje in het circus.
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