Cirque du Soleil : Le Voyage imaginaire (2012)

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is a 2012 American 3D family fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson. The film premiered on October 20, 2012 at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 21, 2012. It was released in 2D and 3D. It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from some of the Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011 including O, Mystère, Kà, Love, and Viva Elvis. The 3D used in the film was highly admired by the critics on its Tokyo premiere. The Eels performed a song titled "Calling for Your Love" for the movie. A young woman in a small Mid-Western town goes to a traveling carnival one evening, where she is urged by a silent clown to visit the carnival's circus and see The Aerialist, the show's star attraction. She is entranced by The Aerialist, but during his act he misses a catch and falls to the ground. She rushes to help him, but then the ground beneath them gives way and they fall through into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil. Separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other, interacting with the strange and wonderful performers and performances of Cirque du Soleil. Also shown in a 3D version. Cirque du Soleil partnered with James Cameron and Andrew Adamson in association with Reel FX Entertainment to produce this 3D motion picture. Distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures on December 21, 2012, the film tells the story of a girl named Mia going to a traveling circus and falling in love with its main attraction, the Aerialist. After the Aerialist falls during his act, he and Mia are transported to another world where each encounter the different worlds of Cirque du Soleil through O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. This film has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a rating of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews and an average score of 5.3/10. On Metacritic, it has a rating of 51/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 16 reviews. A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave this film a score of 3/5, and said that "For me, Cirque du Soleil will always be associated with the movie Knocked Up, in which the characters played by Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd take in a performance of Mystère under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms. If such a trip is not to your taste, or if a trip to Las Vegas is not on your calendar, you might opt for the relatively inexpensive, mildly mind-blowing Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, a new 3-D movie directed by Andrew Adamson." The film incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows running in Las Vegasin 2011: O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. Each of the acts/performances was filmed on the stage of the theater in Las Vegas where the show is/was running: the acts from "O" at the "O" Theatre at the Bellagio , those from "Ka" at the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand, those from "Love" at the Love Theater at the Mirage, the act from "Mystere" at the Mystere Theater at Treasure Island, the act from "Zumanity" at the Zumanity Theater at the New York New York and the act from "Viva Elvis" at the Aria Theater. It was Reel FX's first and only live action film.

Synopsis

L'univers magique du légendaire Cirque du Soleil arrive pour la première fois sur les écrans de cinémas et en 3D ! Né du génie de James Cameron (TITANIC et AVATAR) et du visionnaire Andrew Adamson (SHREK et LE MONDE DE NARNIA), le Cirque du Soleil 3D est une expérience extraordinaire dans laquelle les caméras 3D developpées pour AVATAR se mettent pour la première fois au service des performances époustouflantes des artistes du Cirque du Soleil. Un voyage vertigineux dans lequel le spectateur suivra les aventures d'une jeune femme et d'un acrobate à travers les univers étonnants et fantastiques des 7 plus beaux show de Las vegas ( « O », KÀ, Mystère, Viva Elvis, CRISS ANGEL Believe, Zumanity et The Beatles LOVE).

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