Bilingual film study from the Baylor Theatre in Texas. French mime Étienne Decroux is shown performing various routines, including man of sport (l'homme de sport), mobile statuary (la statuaire mobile), man of the drawing room (l'homme de salon) and illusionism (l'illusionnisme).
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance.
The first documentary about the legendary mime Marcel Marceau. He inspired several generations of artists, including his grandson and his family, who shed new light on his life’s work.
Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems.
Mr Plastimime is a funny and moving story about a man who faithfully practices a dying art, a man whose timing is a bit off, a man whose skills aren’t recognized, a man who is unlucky in love; But this is a man who keeps moving forward, faithfully believing he will one day be finally ‘seen’.
Two morons think they can get rich quick by kidnapping and ransoming a "celebrity." Unfortunately, the only famous person they can find is a mime from the local park.
Charlie Gedelius has spent the last years abroad as a golf trainer. In Copenhagen, Denmark, he meets young Lena, who happens to be his brother-in-law's mistress.