The Berlin Reunion

20 years back the Berlin Wall gave way to end 27 years of a nation's divide. And to celebrate the reuniting of the families on either side of the erstwhile concrete wall, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin to watch a several-day performance by France's Royal de Luxe street theatre company. Titled "The Berlin Reunion", it featured two massive marionettes, the Big Giant, a deep-sea diver, and his niece, the Little Giantess. The storyline of the performance had the two separated by a wall, thrown up by "land and sea monsters". The Big Giant has just returned from a long and difficult - but successful - expedition to destroy the wall, and now the two are walking the streets of Berlin, seeking each other after many years apart. Brought "Being John Malkovich" to mind.

Royal de Luxe - LE RENDEZ-VOUS DE BERLIN, DAS WIEDERSEHEN VON BERLIN from Nina. on Vimeo.