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A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.
Keywords
dance
dreams
magic
circus
greed
garden
forest
love
trapeze
acrobatics
short film
Casts

Ian McKellen
Narrator (voice)

Nicky Dewhurst
Young Man

Brian Dewhurst
Old Man
Anait Karagyezyan
Vagabond Girl
Chris Van Wagenen
Youth
Cully Smoller
Infant / Child
Kenny Raskin
Man
Mikhail Matorin
Cube Act
Crews

Keith Melton
Director
Rod Smith
First Assistant Director
Steve Roberts
Writer
Peter Wagg
Writer
André Picard
Producer
Peter Wagg
Producer
Antoine Compin
Co-Producer
Charis Horton
Co-Producer

Mitchell Cannold
Executive Producer
Benoit Jutras
Original Music Composer
Reed Smoot
Director of Photography
Harry B. Miller III
Editor
John Zachary
Production Design

Mark Bridges
Costume Design
Renee E. Kant
Makeup Artist
Jenny-King Turko
Key Makeup Artist
Dominique Lemieux
Costume Design
Backdrops & Posters




