Balada triste de trompeta

Award winner at both the Goya Awards and the Venice Film Festival, its tragicomic approach to the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship makes it one of the most daring films by an already extreme filmmaker. Javier, the sad clown, tormented by a past of political repression, sees his kindness and sanity put to the test when he falls in love with the circus trapeze artist, girlfriend of the sadistic silly clown.