Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

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Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

Release Date

2000-05-05

Year

2000

Duration

39m

Status

Released

Score

7.10

#dance#dreams#magic#circus#greed#garden#forest#love#trapeze#acrobatics#short-film

Cast

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Narrator (voice)

Nicky Dewhurst

Nicky Dewhurst

Young Man

Brian Dewhurst

Brian Dewhurst

Old Man

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Anait Karagyezyan

Vagabond Girl

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Chris Van Wagenen

Youth

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Cully Smoller

Infant / Child

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Kenny Raskin

Man

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Mikhail Matorin

Cube Act