The Day the Clown Cried

If the Father and the Son(de)

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the mother suddenly appears five years later and wants her son, Teddy decides to run away with the child and goes back onstage with his son. Will the family catch up with them, or will the mother never get her son back?

Palhaços(pt)

A clown finds that his former lover is now involved with a woman, and engages in a mad, obsessive plot to rejoin him.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space(en)

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

All the Real Girls(en)

In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds himself falling for her innocent charm. In spite of her lack of experience and the violent protests of her brother, the two find themselves in a sweet, dreamy and all-consuming love.

Jujuba & Nicolas(pt)

The Act(xx)

A clown is sitting at a table full of food and drinks. Three men and three women in stylish clothes enter and sit at the table, each person has an envelope that contains requests for the clown.

Famous Scenes from Pagliacci(en)

Scenes from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera with Canio, the clown, introducing actors who are seen in pantomime while the operatic voices are heard off-screen. Canio discovers his wife has been unfaithful but carries on with his performance.

Freaks(en)

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Chistin(es)

Alan is an anxious and unhappy man. Thanks to his work, his life has become more and more sad and miserable. A visit to the psychiatrist could be the solution to all his problems.

Jesters: The Game Changers(ko)

A gang of clowns is hired by an unpopular king to serve as propagandists who fabricate positive rumors and stage miracles to improve his personal image.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh(en)

A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.

He Who Gets Slapped(en)

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

The Man Who Laughs(en)

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

Out of the Dark(en)

A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.

Invisible Man(ja)

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.

Limelight(en)

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh(en)

A sadder than sad story about a fun-loving optimist whose interest in comedy performance is despised by both his family and his wealthy future in-laws, Li’s tragic-comedy follows the 50-year-old father (Bao) as he maintains a dignified façade after losing his long-held accounting job in an occupied Tianjin in the 1940s.

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks(en)

An out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.

Bogo the Clown(en)

Bogo, a self-deprecating stand-up comedian, struggles to find happiness in a life where his only value seems to be making other people laugh.

Farewell Mister Grock(fr)

The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the framework of world history. Lots of children, wars, an eccentric Russian countess, Countess Barinoff, who grows old admiring the clown, and a very long quibble about a party wall, all serve to highlight the star's final number.