Le Bal

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.

Release Date

21 December 1983

112 minutes

Director

Main Cast

L'aristo / Le planqué / Le collaborationiste
le jeune homme de banlieue
le jeune professur
le patron de la salle
le jeune typographe
l'alcoolique
la jeune fleuriste
la livreuse d'une modiste
la fille de joie / la jeune juive / la refugiée
le jeune ouvrier