Walking on Water (2018 film)

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Walking on Water
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Film poster
Directed by Andrey Paounov
Produced by Valeria Giampietro, Izabella Tzenkova
Starring Christo
Edited by Anastas Petkov, Andrey Paounov
Release date
  • 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)(LFF)
Running time
105 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Walking on Water is a 2018 international coproduction documentary film directed by Andrey Paounov. [1] It chronicles The Floating Piers, Christo's first major project after the death of his wife and long-time collaborator Jeanne-Claude. [2]

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References

  1. Weissberg, Jay (6 September 2018). "Film Review: 'Walking on Water'". Variety . Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. Jaworowski, Ken (16 May 2019). "'Walking on Water' Review: The Artist Christo Thinks Big, as Usual". The New York Times . Retrieved 2020-04-15.