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A 13-year-old boy fulfills his dream of maintaining a backyard circus, while navigating the challenges of growing up.
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Jonas is 13 years old and his life's dream is to maintain the circus that he created in his backyard. While he faces this challenge, he will live the adventure of growing up.
"A beautiful documentary, portraying the playful and simple childhood of Jonas, the protagonist. In the end, we have an important X-ray of the difficulty in making circus and popular art in Brazil, or even the difficulty that is the process of maturity - from young people and the country itself."