Botto, a world-famous circus clown, is negative towards females, because a beautiful woman he once loved laughed at him for his job at the circus. André, a young artist, is Botto's opposite.
If you have a spare ninety minutes and a tolerance for silent-era melodrama, Looping the Loop is a decent pick. It is mostly for people who enjoy watching Werner Krauss do his thing with his face. 🤡 If you hate clowns or movies where men mope about 'women being cruel,' you should probably skip this. The film centers ...
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"If you have a spare ninety minutes and a tolerance for silent-era melodrama, Looping the Loop is a decent pick. It is mostly for people who enjoy watching Werner Krauss do his thing with his face. 🤡 If you hate clowns or movies where men mope about 'women being cruel,' you should probably skip this. The film centers on Botto, a circus performer who has decided all women are terrible because one laughed at him once. Werner Krauss plays Botto with this very specific kind of stiffness. His clown..."
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