Cirque du Soleil: Alegria Le Film
Filmed: 1999
Studio: First Look/Sony Pictures Classics
Run Time: 93 minutes

Alegria is the first feature film inspired by the world-famous Cirque du Soleil, an internationally-based performance ensemble that uniquely blends traditional cirucs arts with the expressive possibilities of theatre, dance and music. Alegria, the film, is far more than the documentation of the live event. Instead, the cinematic medium has been employed to expand and transform the original, fantasmagorical vision, moving the Cirque's dreamlike imagery out of the Big Top and into the real world, and introducing a narrative love story enacted by a distinguished international cast.