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Bye Bye Blackbird (2005)
Directed by Robinson Savary
Overview
A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top’s owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, however, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux. Offers a romantic view of big top life, with a moth-eaten angel in his feathered, tattered costume.
Length 99 minutes
Actors
James Thiérrée | Derek Jacobi | Izabella Miko | Jodhi May | Michael Lonsdale | Andrej Aćin | Claire Johnston | Chris Bearne | Vera Bílá