Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers’ idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.

Credits

Bo WiderbergDirector

Pia DegermarkHedvig Jensen

Thommy BerggrenSixten Sparre

Lennart MalmerKristoffer

Cleo JensenCleo