Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown (1946)

It is a short film whose main actors are the famous clowns and Beby Maïss, actors Circus Medrano in Paris and whose title is based on Stefan Zweig's book, "Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman."

Marks the first foray by Jean-Pierre Melville in the movie world and this is his only short film, which contribute to expand the interest in this work. Also the presentation is provided by the director, through a voice-over and some short interspersed images -supposedly dark-on-close- and which recognizes the unique character with hat maker (add, the most famous in film history after Hitchcock).

As its title indicates, is an entire day in the life of Beby, professional clown -and character twilight, as the taste of the director- forgotten today. And it's sad the latter, when he can see pictures of his past reviewing circus in one of the sequences.

Moreover, the movie is sympathetic and, at least, curious, with an important inciting nostalgic remembrance of times past.


7/10