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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Butterfly Circus
2009 0h 20m EN
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7.3
SOLID
★7.3TMDB · 141
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Synopsis
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At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels, they discover a man without limbs at a carnival sideshow. However, after an intriguing encounter with the showman, he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Eduardo Verástegui
Mr. Mendez
Nick Vujicic
Will
Doug Jones
Otto
Matt Allmen
George
Connor Rosen
Sammy
Lexi Pearl
Anna
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Joshua Weigel
- Writers
- Rebekah Weigel, Joshua Weigel
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Joshua Weigel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 17 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Eduardo Verástegui and Nick Vujicic and Doug Jones carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1507355 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 20 min · 0h 20m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Joshua Weigel
Production companies
Who made it
- PE
Peacetree Productions
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- circus
- faith
- great depression
- short film
- congenital defect
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2009-08-31
Also known as
International titles
- El circo de la mariposaES
- A PillangócirkuszHU
