Y Syrcas

When a Victorian travelling circus visits Tregaron in Ceredigion, they offer much more than entertainment for Sara, a young girl who is trapped by her grieving father’s strict rules and religion in a village seeped in superstition. Director Kevin Allen (Twin Town) tells this heart-warming and often funny tale about the town’s relationship with the troupe and Jwmbi, an elephant who died and was reputedly laid to rest behind the town’s Talbot Hotel in 1848.

Director / Producer: Kevin Allen
Writer: Helen Griffin
Filming Location / Set in: Ceredigion
Language: Welsh

Stars: Damola Adelaja, John Cronin, Jean-François Cuvillier

Length: 97 minutes
Certificate: PG
Format: Check with distributor
Language: Welsh

Date: 13th December 2013

Cymru Culture review

Y Syrcas was screened at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in partnership with Abergavenny Film Society as part of Sinemaes.