Sentences with phrase «street circus act»
Opening in Paris where Petit makes his (meagre) fame & fortune by peddling a street circus act, the movie follows him as he develops his skills, meets a girl, becomes infatuated with the idea of the towers, gets to New York and then attempts to realise his dream.
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The story goes from Philippe's youth, as a boy transfixed with the high - wire act at a local circus, to his young adulthood, performing in the streets of Paris.
Petit takes through his life — from discovering wire walking when he snuck into a circus as a kid — the head of said circus, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley) later becomes his mentor; to his devotion to his art leading to his being thrown out of his parents» home; to meeting a beautiful street singer named Annie (Charlotte Le Bon, The Hundred - Foot Journey); to his first illegal act of artistry — wire walking between the towers of Paris» Notre Dame cathedral.
Posters advertising an upcoming circus prompt a young girl's exuberant imagination; sitting at a bus stop, she turns ordinary street scenes into acts of death - defying bravery.