The Saddest Story in the World

Name: The Saddest Story in the World
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-08-18

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8/18/2026

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Based on the book by Mário Corso. The story of a boy sold to the circus by his own parents.

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Portuguese

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A stark, unsparing portrait of childhood trauma and abandonment. This is a film that sits with pain rather than resolving it.

MelancholicMournfulBleak

FamilySurvivalComing of age

Earnest

Meditative

Linear

Child endangerment

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