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Walking a Tightrope (1991) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 120 mins · French
- Directed by
- Nikos Papatakis
- Starring
- Michel Piccoli, Polly Walker, Patrick Mille, Bernard Farcy, Emiliano Suarez, Doris Kunstmann
A celebrated but merciless author becomes enamored with a good‑looking laborer who dreams of mastering the tightrope. He mentors the young man as lover and protégé, but when the writer later abandons him for a newer, younger companion, the relationship ends in tragic consequences.
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