The Funambulist Dream

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 (who also holds a PhD in philosophy) struck the filmmakers not only because of his artistry, but for his patient and insightful view on life. The resulting film is not simply a dare-devil profile, but a symbolic and dreamlike journey where the wire represents the “timeline of our lives,“ as Pi