MusicComedyDrama
Le Bal
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.
Directed by Ettore Scola, Franco Committeri
70
User score
77 votes
Status
Released
Released
December 21, 1983
Runtime
1h 52m
Language
No Language
Top 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
Raymonde Heudeline
L'ouvrière
Anita Picchiarini
L'amie de l'ouvrière
Olivie Loiseau
Le jeune frère de l'ouvrière
Monica Scattini
La jeune fille myope
François Pick
Le jeune étudiant
