Le Bal
1983•NR•1h 52m•7.0•Released
MusicComedyDrama
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.
Director
Ettore Scola
Writer
Furio Scarpelli, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola
Languages
No Language
Studio
Cinéproduction
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
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
La dame-pipi
Michel Toty
L'ouvrier spécialisé
Production
Company
Cinéproduction
Company
Films A2
Company
Mass Film
Company
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Company
Ministère de la culture
Company
AMLF
Producer
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Producer
Giorgio Silvagni
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