Christophe and Charlie first met in Paris, in front of a poster
advertising a circus. It was from their shared interest in
fairground shows that their love for one another was born. With
their two children, they leave Paris behind them and wend their way
down the highways and byways of France with their travelling fairground
show. Inevitably, in each village they arrive at they arouse the
mistrust of the police and the hostility of those who have been in the
fairground business for far longer than they have...
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.