Walking a Tightrope
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.
Top cast
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
Where to watch
Stream
Criterion ChannelAvailability for US · streaming data provided by JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1991
- Runtime
- 2h
- Original language
- FR
- Original title
- Les Équilibristes
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