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On a Tightrope is a film of genre Documentary released in USA on 1 january 2007

On a Tightrope (2007)

On a Tightrope
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Released in USA 1 january 2007
Length 1h10
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On a Tightrope (2007) is an award-winning documentary film by Petr Lom, co-produced by Piraya Film and Lom Films, in cooperation with the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights.

The film revolves around four children living in an orphanage in Xinjiang province, China. The children are Uyghurs, members of China's largest Muslim minority. Their dream is to become tightrope walkers, an ancient Uyghur tradition.

The children start learning to tightrope walk, but within a few months, they are judged inadequate by their coach. Now some of their dreams change: one wants to become a teacher, another a professional singer. One of them however, feels he is simply too small to be good at anything. Eventually, even the one judged most talented at tightrope walking, and the one who dreams of a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for tightrope walking, is let go by the unscrupulous coach who seems only interested in money.

One year later, a different coach comes to the orphanage. Through love and kindness, he turns the children's initial failure at tightrope walking into success. The film culminates with their performance on a high wire - without a safety net - in front of their entire home town.

Tightrope walking is in this movie a metaphor for how the Uyghurs try to balance between their Muslim faith and living in a communist state, where they are severely restricted in practicing their religion. This is the first film to ever document Chinese policy on religion in Xinjiang.

Synopsis

Quatre orphelins ouïghours vivent dans un orphelinat de la province de Xinjiang. Leur rêve : devenir funambules. Ils commencent à apprendre cet art, mais leur entraîneur les déclare inaptes. Même le plus doué est rejeté. Un an plus tard, un autre entraîneur arrive à l’orphelinat. Sa patience transforme l’échec en réussite. Ces enfants vivent sur un fil métaphorique, cherchant leur équilibre entre identité ouïghour et Chine communiste, dans un État qui veut les façonner et leur interdit de pratiquer l’Islam. Le premier film sur la politique religieuse dans la province de Xinjiang.

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