''The Acrobat'' (french: L'Acrobate) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Rodrigue Jean Rodrigue Jean (born in Caraquet, New Brunswick) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer of Acadian origin. He has been a theatre director, dancer and choreographer. Life and Work While pursuing university studies, he developed i ...

and released in 2019. The film centres on Christophe (

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) and Micha (Yury Paulau), two men who meet in an unoccupied unit in a high-rise construction project in

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during a snowstorm, and begin a passionate love affair in which they regularly meet back at the same unit. The film, which borrows its initial narrative setup from the film ''

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'', is the third in Jean's trilogy of films exploring sexuality and emotional intimacy, following '' Lost Song'' and '' Love in the Time of Civil War''. The film premiered at the

2019 Vancouver International Film Festival The 38th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) took place from September 26 to October 11, 2019. The opening film was Atom Egoyan's ''Guest of Honour (2019 film), Guest of Honour'', and the closing film was Nicolas Bedos's ''La Belle Époqu ...

, was subsequently screened at the

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, and had its commercial release in February 2020.André Lavoi
"«L’acrobate»: l’amour au temps du boom immobilier"
''

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'', February 7, 2020.

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* 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 LGBT-related films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBT-related films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Rodrigue Jean LGBT-related drama films Films set in Montreal Gay-related films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub