Die Equilibristen (1991)
59KDie Equilibristen: Directed by Nikos Papatakis. With Michel Piccoli, Lilah Dadi, Polly Walker, Doris Kunstmann. Marcel Spandice, a famous homosexual writer during the sixties in Paris, is trying to make a young Arab into the greatest tightrope walker in the world.
“Very interesting film, not great but highly watchable, based on the post-prison life of supreme French author Jean Genet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMichel Piccoli is Marcel Spadice, the Genet-like character, who uses his friend Hélène Lagache (Polly Walker) as u0026#39;baitu0026#39; to attract men. u0026quot;I like real men, not queens.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHe is infatuated with Franz-Ali Aoussine, a mixed Arab and German youngster, who works at a circus and still lives with his mother on the outskirts of Paris. (Stunning performance by Doris Kunstman as Christa Paeffgen Aoussine )u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFranz-Ali has a burning ambition to become a tightrope walker and Marcel starts training him. Soon their entire existence revolves around this…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are twists and turns in ths tale and the dialogue has a distinct and sincere ring of Genetu0026#39;s lyrical prose. Not an all time great, but certainly worth watching”
