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The Last Circus

The Last Circus (Balada triste de trompeta). Álex de la Iglesia, 2010.
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Edition screened: Magnolia DVD, released 2011. Spanish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 107 minutes.

Summary: Survival encounters with wild animals; sport shooting

Details:
1) An elk falls to its death 56:52-57:00. Brief depictions of death twitches and tongue lolling are presented for comic effect. Immediately following is a depiction of the partially butchered carcass and uncooked meat being eaten, 57:12-57:28.
2) A wild boar is shot 59:18-59:24.
3) A bird shooting outing is depicted, 1:01:44-1:03:15, with a typical gang of overdressed and overprivileged thugs releasing pheasants just to shoot them down. The scene contains two passages of pheasants being shot down and retrieved.