Balance

Balance

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1989-05-25
Duration:7 min
Country:Germany
Director:Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Actors:
Production:Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, GHK Kassel

Overview:

The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.

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