Summary
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally thrilling. In this unique and deeply personal film, we get a dizzying glimpse from the Tightrope and an inkling of what it takes to make theater real...
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+16)
Critics 57Audiences 73GoodWatch 47
Metascore57
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −10 min on the typical 96
typical 9686Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2012
September 1, 2012
14 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchEnglishMade in
Italy
France
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Simon Brook Director
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