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The Funambulist Dream

Yuri Pirondi, Ines von Bonhorst · Italy · Documentary / Experimental · 10 min · 7.6K views

Directed by Yuri Pirondi, Inês von Bonhorst · Starring Andrea Loreni · 2019

High-wire walker Andrea, who also holds a PhD in philosophy, guides a dreamlike journey in which the wire becomes the timeline of a life, mixing reality and the subconscious.

A poetic, Fellini-tinged portrait of a philosopher who walks the high wire.

Andrea—the subject of directorial duo Yuri Pirondi and Ines von Bonhorst's latest film—is a high-wire walker. Treading far above the ground through a mixture of caution and sure-footed confidence, the expert performer (w

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