Walking a Tightrope (Les équilibristes) 32 years old

Walking a Tightrope

Marcel Spadice is a famous writer with a criminal background and a penchant for handsome men. From time to time, he induces an attractive female admirer to arrange for him to be introduced to nice, talented young men who happen to be sufficiently handsome to interest him. At other times, the endless effort to woo these men (who are most often heterosexual) grows wearying, and he goes to the train station to pick up soldiers looking for some easy money and a night's lodging. In this film, the writer has grown enamored with a young circus laborer who wants to move up in the world, literally, by becoming a tightrope walker. Marcel cadges an introduction, and for a time sponsors the young man's training. However, when the boy suffers an accident which renders him unfit for his chosen vocation, Marcel loses interest in him and takes up with another young man.

Credits

Walking a Tightrope Cast

Name Character
Polly Walker She was 25, now 57 years old as Hélène Lagache
Bernard Farcy He was 42, now 75 years old as Policier au commissariat
Michel Piccoli He was 66, now 98 years old as Marcel Spadice
Laurent Hennequin He was 26, now 58 years old as Soldat
Doris Kunstmann She was 47, now 79 years old as Christa Aoussine
Lilah Dadi as Franz-Ali Aoussine
Guy Louret as Agent auxiliaire Rouquet
Juliette Degenne She was 39, now 71 years old as Jacqueline Masset
Patrick Mille He was 21, now 53 years old as Fredy Babitchev
Olivier Pajot He was 39, now 71 years old as Diekman
Emiliano Suarez as Le directeur du cirque en tournée

Walking a Tightrope Crew

Name Department
Nikos Papatakis as Director. He was 73 (92) years old when He died Directing
Nikos Papatakis as Writer. He was 73 (92) years old when He died Writing
Walking a Tightrope poster
Walking a Tightrope (32 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, September 01, 1991
  • Runtime: 120 minutes