Keila Bueno

The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film addresses philosophical and symbolic questions about man’s need to laugh at himself. In a sensorial and emotional mix, the film starts from what is most human and true: laughter.

After a castaway, five youngsters end up in an unknown island inhabited by unusual creatures, a wise Egyptian woman and an evolved, malign being of bacterian origin.

Alexandre attempts to rob the safe at the office where he works to pay off a debt and is arrested. In prison, he decides to take his own life and begins to torment all those he considers responsible for his fate.