The clown within us

"O palhaço que há em nós”, a Black Castle production, director Eduardo Robalo invites the audience to enter the parallel reality hidden in a clown's smile. “He says he will be a clown until his last day, but father, you will be a clown, forever. An actor in soul, a clown at heart.”

Cast

Mário Faísca

as Clown

César Santos

as Juggler

Luísa Costa Pinheiro

as Wife

Sérgio Costa Pinheiro

as Husband

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