Walking a Tightrope (1991)
Les Équilibristes
A famous, ruthless writer takes a handsome young worker, with aspirations of becoming a tightrope artist, as his lover and protege, but suffers tragic consequences when he later discards him for another youth.
- Date of release
- 1991-09-01
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Nikos Papatakis
Casting
- Michel Piccoli — Marcel Spadice
- Lilah Dadi — Franz-Ali Aoussine
- Polly Walker — Hélène Lagache
- Doris Kunstmann — Christa Aoussine
- Patrick Mille — Fredy Babitchev
- Juliette Degenne — Jacqueline Masset
- Laurent Hennequin — Soldat
- Olivier Pajot — Diekman
- Emiliano Suarez — Le directeur du cirque en tournée
- Michel Palmer — Monsieur Loyal
- Bernard Farcy — Policier au commissariat
- Guy Louret — Agent auxiliaire Rouquet
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Paris
Walking a Tightrope is a 1991 French drama film written and directed by Nikos Papatakis. It was screened in competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- My Policeman 2022 · ★ 7.5
- Blind 2017 · ★ 6.1
- Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1998 · ★ 6.2
- White Wedding 1989 · ★ 6.6
- Not Easily Broken 2009 · ★ 6.3
- What the Day Owes the Night 2012 · ★ 7.6
- Cesar and Rosalie 1972 · ★ 7.2
- Time Is Up 2021 · ★ 6.5
- The Little Sister 2025 · ★ 6.6
- Private Fears in Public Places 2006 · ★ 6.4
- The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · ★ 5.9
- Matthias & Maxime 2019 · ★ 7.1