My Favorite Clown

My Favorite Clown

1987 · ★ 3.9 · Drama, Romance

A young circus performer decides to adopt a six-year-old orphan boy. His wife, who was initially not against it, resists the decision to adopt under pressure from her mother. It's going to be a divorce.

Directed by Yuriy Kushneryov · Written by Nikita Mikhalkov

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