The Invisible Circus
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The Invisible Circus is a 2001 British drama film adapted from Jennifer Egan’s novel, following a young woman’s journey across Europe in the 1970s to uncover the truth about her radical older sister’s mysterious death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Invisible Circus canonical | 3 |
| The Invisible Circus (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10660432 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Invisible Circus Context triple: [Adam Brooks, directorOf, The Invisible Circus]
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The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus is Jennifer Egan’s debut novel, a coming-of-age story that follows a young woman retracing her radical older sister’s footsteps across 1970s Europe to uncover the truth about her mysterious death.
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Le Cirque Invisible
Le Cirque Invisible is a whimsical, wordless circus-theatre show created and performed by Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, known for its surreal visual magic and intimate, dreamlike atmosphere.
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The Circus
The Circus is a 1928 silent comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, following his misadventures in a traveling circus.
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D.
The Circus
The Circus is a creative work associated with Allan Garcia, likely recognized as one of his most significant artistic contributions.
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E.
The Circus
The Circus is a historic circular Georgian residential street and architectural landmark in Bath, Somerset, renowned for its elegant townhouses and classical design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Invisible Circus Target entity description: The Invisible Circus is a 2001 British drama film adapted from Jennifer Egan’s novel, following a young woman’s journey across Europe in the 1970s to uncover the truth about her radical older sister’s mysterious death.
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A.
The Invisible Circus
The Invisible Circus is Jennifer Egan’s debut novel, a coming-of-age story that follows a young woman retracing her radical older sister’s footsteps across 1970s Europe to uncover the truth about her mysterious death.
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Le Cirque Invisible
Le Cirque Invisible is a whimsical, wordless circus-theatre show created and performed by Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, known for its surreal visual magic and intimate, dreamlike atmosphere.
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C.
The Circus
The Circus is a historic circular Georgian residential street and architectural landmark in Bath, Somerset, renowned for its elegant townhouses and classical design.
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The Circus
The Circus is a 1928 silent comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin as his iconic Tramp character, following his misadventures in a traveling circus.
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The Circus
The Circus is a 2008 studio album by British pop group Take That, noted for its theatrical themes and hit singles like "Greatest Day" and "Up All Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Invisible Circus (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jennifer Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Invisible Circus (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Faith O’Connor
NERFINISHED
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Phoebe O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Henry Braham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Adam Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Fine Line Features NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Madeleine Gavin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
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Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | The Invisible Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Nick Laird-Clowes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | investigation of a sibling’s past and death ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young woman travels across Europe in the 1970s to uncover the truth about her radical older sister’s mysterious death. ⓘ |
| producer | Nick Wechsler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1995 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 93 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Adam Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| starring |
Blythe Danner
NERFINISHED
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Cameron Diaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Eccleston NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordana Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Morven Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Bergin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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grief ⓘ political radicalism ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Invisible Circus Description of subject: The Invisible Circus is a 2001 British drama film adapted from Jennifer Egan’s novel, following a young woman’s journey across Europe in the 1970s to uncover the truth about her radical older sister’s mysterious death.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Invisible Circus (film)