The Balcony (1988)
• June 27th, 1988 • 0h 48min
Documentary
Overview
The lives of people are observed within the confines of one, twenty-two story high rise apartment complex and its adjacent courtyard in Trump Village, Brooklyn, New York. Shot from one vantage point over a period of fifteen months, THE BALCONY, speculates on the evanescence of all our lives.
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