Tightrope Movies

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin...

An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems...

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It...

A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the...

One of the most exciting and memorable stories in the history of the World Trade Towers is that of Philippe Petit, a French man who walked a...

Mickey is ringmaster of a circus for orphans. Donald has a trained sea lion act, and does a bit of juggling himself. Mostly, though, he fights with a...

Les équilibristes, a film by Nico Papatakis with Michel Piccoli, inspired by Jean Genet, was broadcast in two parts on October 11 and 18,...

While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people....

The story of the famous high-wire patriarch Karl Wallenda and how he gets his first circus job in 1920's Germany performing handstands on the...

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.