BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
synopsis
London. Early 1900s. Two friends, Josef and Peter, work building a suspension bridge high above the city. Josef enjoys the freedom of almost touching the sky, balancing dangerously between life and death. But one day, while walking precariously on a girder, Josef turns to speak with his friend and Peter is gone... Devastated, Josef determines to forge a new life away. Spying an advertising poster for Dempsey's Circus, he sees the image of the trapeze artist Alice with whom he falls in love with instantly. Josef joins Dempsey's Circus doing menial tasks, but has a dream. And one day he gets the opportunity to appear in an incredible trapeze act with Alice.
international title: | Bye Bye Blackbird |
original title: | Bye Bye Blackbird |
country: | Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria |
sales agent: | Moviehouse Entertainment |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robinson Savary |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | FR 11/10/2006, DE 30/11/2006 |
screenplay: | Robinson Savary, Patrick Faure, Arif Ali Shah |
cast: | Derek Jacobi, James Thiérrée, Izabella Miko, Jodhi May, Michael Lonsdale |
cinematography by: | Christophe Beaucarne |
film editing: | Claire Fergusson |
art director: | Wilbert Van Dorp |
costumes designer: | Hazel Pethig |
music: | Mercury Rev |
producer: | Jani Thiltges, Christine Alderson |
production: | Samsa Film, Ipso Facto Films, Reverse Angle Production, Dor Film (AT) |
distributor: | Reverse Angle International GmbH |