The screening on Thursday June 11 will be introduced by strand programmer Erifili Missiou. It will feature English subtitles.
Synopsis:
Based on an incident in the life of director Nico Papatakis’s former friend and collaborator Jean Genet, Walking a Tightrope casts Michel Piccoli as Marcel Spadice, whose infatuation with an Arab-German circus worker (Lilah Dadi) leads him to try to turn the young man into the world’s greatest tightrope walker. When Marcel begins to pursue a new object of desire, however, his callousness unleashes tragedy.
Curator's note:
In his magnum opus, Papatakis returns to his enduring concerns - class dynamics, shame and control, the Arab-French conflict - but with a renewed sense of maturity and restraint. This queer melodrama explores the ways in which systemic politics penetrate personal relationships featuring an outstanding Michel Piccoli as Jean Genet, Papatakis' longtime friend.
