In the Presence of a Clown

Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala, after having attempted to beat to death his fiancée, Pauline Thibault. Together with another patient, Professor Osvald Vogler, they set up a film project: the living talkie. Before long, they set off on a frantic tour with their film, "The Joy of the Joyous Girl"...

In the Presence of a Clown is a 1997 drama movie directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Pernilla August, Börje Ahlstedt, Erland Josephson. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 1,138 votes and runs 1h 59m.