1950s: Suzanne and her husband travel the world performing their breathtaking aerial act, 10 metres above ground, with no net to break their fall. Each performance demands precise, confident and exact movements to minimise the risk to their lives. It’s all or nothing, every time.

2017: Anna meets Suzanne, a woman in her nineties, whose life story inspires her to reflect on the circus’s “golden age”. She explores the constraints and freedoms it offered, as well as the nature of this unique, demanding and fleeting art form where performers give their all, but their work exists only in the moment and in the memories of a select few.

By telling Suzanne’s story and reviving her signature act, Anna searches for what endures through the years. What remains of us — our daring, our actions, our flashes of brilliance? What survives of our past beauty and perfection? Does grace triumph, or does time?