The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Russian: Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis) is a 1998 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Bortko and starring Nikolai Karachentsov.
It tells the story of a successful film director who is about to turn 50 and struggles with financiers, his insane mother and a mysterious woman who tells him how meaningless his life is.
Zinaida Sharko won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi.
[1] Vladimir Dashkevich was nominated for the Nika Award for Best Music.
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