australia   based on novel   character name in title   alcoholic   dancing   domestic violence   hotel   blood   corpse   crying   male female relationship   flashback   dysfunctional family   father daughter relationship   1930s   bank   piano   university student   1960s   alcoholism   animal in title   dwarf   falling in love   old age   based on true story   period in title   filmmaking   movie theatre   clown   circus   abusive husband   parade   no title at beginning   maniac   three word title   mistrust   cinema   historical fiction   veterinarian   lion   animal abuse   elephant   ptsd   carousel   sketch   trapeze   leaving home   composer   older woman younger man relationship   nanny   clown makeup   british   retirement home   audio tape   stuffed toy   horseback riding   merry go round   spinster   circus performer   narration   theme park   determination   traumatic childhood   self pity   abbreviation in title   foreign language   coughing up blood   death of parents   disney   disneyland   pear   suppression of emotion   ringmaster   songwriting   hand on butt   abusive childhood   children's author   chip on shoulder   giving a speech   jelly   making of a movie   non linear   past and present   premier   prudishness   sick father   uncompromising attitude   reference to mary poppins   man   author   dog   movie theater   train   love triangle   brutality   fear   speech   woman   loss of father   nonlinear timeline   husband wife relationship   song   gun   bad temper   younger version of character   horse   big top   circus horse   circus tent   circus vargas   elephant trainer   jealous rage   love on the run   maniac villain   show tent   traveling circus   20th century   reference to walt disney   young version of character   death of mother   death of father   orphan