The Acrobat Life

At dawn, a cannon shot shatters the plain. Horses gallop across the beaten earth. Eva, 21 years old, wants to join the hunters of the Imperial Guard, a Napoleonic regiment of historical re-enactment reserved for men. In her quest for romanticism, she hides her identity so that she can set foot in the stirrup, braving a 200-year-old ban. In this world of gunpowder and smoke, Eva discovers herself as she has always dreamed: a handsome soldier at the side of a beautiful princess.

The short film was filmed during the directors' stay at the Eranos Foundation in Ascona-Moscia in the context of the Locarno Residency

On the Cirque Rainor track, Madalena, the hot woman who is to launch the reopening ceremony in a few days, is very worried. Since the accidental death of Diego, the trapeze artist, she is convinced that his act is the target of a curse. During the last rehearsals, Madalena is propelled. In the open air, she catches the eye of Balthazar, the new trapeze artist. Time stops. It's love at first sight. A haunted love story.