Le Bal (1983 film)
| Le Bal | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ettore Scola |
| Produced by | Franco Committeri |
| Written by |
Jean-Claude Penchenat Ruggero Maccari Furio Scarpelli Ettore Scola |
| Starring | Étienne Guichard |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich |
| Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country |
Italy France Algeria |
| Language | No dialogue |
Le bal (Italian: Ballando ballando, French pronunciation: [lə bal], meaning "The ball") is a 1983 Italian-Franco-Algerian film without dialogue directed by Ettore Scola that represents a fifty-year story of French society by way of a ballroom in France.
Cast
- Étienne Guichard as Le jeune étudiant de province / Le jeune professeur
- Régis Bouquet as Le patron de la salle / Le paysan
- Francesco De Rosa as Toni, le jeune serveur
- Arnault LeCarpentier as Le jeune typographe / L'étudiant
- Liliane Delval as La fille aux cheveux longs / L'alcoolique (as Liliane Léotard)
- Martine Chauvin as La jeune fleuriste / L'étudiante
- Danielle Rochard as La livreuse d'une modiste
- Nani Noël as La fille de joie / La jeune juive / La refugiée / La jeune qui peint ses basses
- Aziz Arbia as Le jeune ouvrier
- Marc Berman as L'aristo / Le planqué / Le collaborationiste
- Geneviève Rey-Penchenat as L'aristo
- Michel van Speybroeck as L'homme qui vient de loin
- Rossana Di Lorenzo as La dame-pipi
- Michel Toty as L'ouvrier spécialisé
- Raymonde Heudeline as L'ouvrière
- Jean-Claude Penchenat as La 'croix de feu'
- Jean-Francois Perrier as le sacristain amoureux / l'officier allemand
Accolades
The film won the 1984 César Award for Best Film ex-æquo (tie) with À nos amours. It also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Algeria (rather than France).[1] At the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, Ettore Scola won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[2]
See also
- List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ↑ "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
External links
- Le Bal at the Internet Movie Database
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