Le Bal (1983)

12/21/1983 (FR) • 1h 52m

Music, Comedy, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Arnault Lecarpentier

le jeune typographe

Liliane Delval

l'alcoolique

Martine Chauvin

la jeune fleuriste

Danielle Rochard

la livreuse d'une modiste


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

rock 'n' roll

1970s

world war ii

liberation

nightclub

musical

revue

racism

air raid

post world war ii

dance hall

nazi occupation

1920s

1940s

1980s

1950s

1960s

ballroom

non-narrative

1930s

occupied france (1940-44)

social allegory

single-set

french art

20th century

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