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Le Bal

Le Bal

1983•1h 52m•7.0/10
MusicComedyDrama

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7.0/10(74)

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.

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Production

Cinéproduction, Films A2, Mass Film, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Ministère de la culture, AMLF

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Marc Berman

Marc Berman

L'aristo / Le planqué / Le collaborationiste

Christophe Allwright

le jeune homme de banlieue

Étienne Guichard

le jeune professur

Régis Bouquet

le patron de la salle

Francesco De Rosa

Francesco De Rosa

Toni

Arnault Lecarpentier

le jeune typographe

Liliane Delval

l'alcoolique

Martine Chauvin

la jeune fleuriste

Danielle Rochard

la livreuse d'une modiste

Nani Noël

la fille de joie / la jeune juive / la refugiée

Aziz Arbia

le jeune ouvrier

Geneviève Rey-Penchenat

l'aristo

Michel van Speybroeck

L'homme qui vient de loin / Jean Gabin

Rossana Di Lorenzo

Rossana Di Lorenzo

La dame-pipi

Michel Toty

L'ouvrier spécialisé

Raymonde Heudeline

L'ouvrière

Anita Picchiarini

L'amie de l'ouvrière

Olivie Loiseau

Le jeune frère de l'ouvrière

Monica Scattini

Monica Scattini

La jeune fille myope

François Pick

Le jeune étudiant

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