Balancing Act

{{Infobox film

| name = Balancing Act

| image = Gli equilibristi.jpg

| caption =

| director = Ivano De Matteo

| writer =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Valerio Mastandrea
• Barbora Bobuľová

}}

| music =

| cinematography = Vittorio Omodei Zorini

| editing =

| producer =

| runtime = 107 minutes

| released = {{Film date|2012|08|30|Venice Film Festival|2013|09|13|Italy|df=y}}

}}

Balancing Act ({{langx|it|Gli equilibristi}}, {{langx|fr|Les equilibristes}}) is a 2012 Italian-French drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo.{{cite news|last=Boyd van Hoeij|title=Review: 'Balancing Act'|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/balancing-act-1117948145/|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=August 31, 2012}} It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, in which Valerio Mastandrea won the Pasinetti Award.{{cite news|last=Maria Pia Fusco|title=Il dramma di Mastandrea conquista gli applausi|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/08/31/il-dramma-di-mastandrea-conquista-gli-applausi.html?ref=search|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=2012-08-31}} For his performance Mastandrea was also awarded David di Donatello for Best Actor.{{cite news|last=Silvia Fumarola|title=Sei David per Giuseppe Tornatore trionfa ai David di Donatello 2013|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2013/06/14/news/david_donatello_2013-61115684/?ref=search|accessdate=23 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=15 June 2013}}