Silent Sonata (Slovene: Circus Fantasticus) is a 2011 Slovenian war drama film directed by Janez Burger and has no dialogue. The main producers are the Slovene Stara Gara and the Irish Fastnet Films. Silent Sonata is the first official Slovene-Irish-Swedish-Finnish co-production and was shot in 35 days in Slovenia and Ireland. The world premiere took place on the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011. The production crew included members from at least 18 countries. The film's original title was Circus Fantasticus, but only in Slovenia, as it is distributed under its original title.
The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, however, the Society of Slovene filmmakers (Društvo slovenskih filmskih ustvarjalcev, DSFU) neglected to officially submit the entry in time because of a misunderstanding within the organization, so it wasn't included in the final list of entries.
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Cast
Leon Lučev as Father
Ravil Sultanov as Circus Leader
Pauliina Räsänen as Beauty
René Bazinet as Old Man
Daniel Rovai as Clown
Enej Grom as Boy
Luna Mijović as Daughter
David Boelee as Fire Blower
Marjuta Slamič as Dead Wife
Devi Bragalini as Son
Nataša Sultanova as Female Clown
Slava Volkov as Muscle Man
Awards
13th Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož
Vesna Award for Best Feature Film
Vesna Award for Best Director
Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actor
Vesna Award for Best Music
Vesna Award for Best Sound
Vesna Award for Best Make-up
Award of Slovenian film critics for Best Feature Film
Kodak Award for Best Photography
58th Pula Film Festival
Best Actors Award - Awarded to the entire cast
Alexandria International Film Festival
Best Artistic Achievement Award