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Le Bal [VHS]

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Sans parole (mais non pas muet). Le film nous montre l'évolution d'une clièntèle régulère d'un petit "bal". A voir et à revoir pour finir par comprendre le mode allégorique de ce film.Des personnages qui viennent et reviennent avec des âges différents, une histoire différente, des liens créés entre eux à ce "bal". Il n'y a pas d'histoire dans ce film, sauf celle que le spectateur peut déduire

This is the best movie I have seen. I no longer own a video and wonder why I cant see this title under DVD!!!

In "Le Bal" (1983) directed by Ettore Scola, the 50 year history of Europe happens in front of you in one ballroom somewhere in Paris where the same actors play the different characters that live through their dances from 1930s to the 1980s as the time passes by and politics, social behavior, and fashion change with each new epoch... For less than two hours we would go through the wars, peace, racial conflicts, student riots of 1968 while Ettore Scola's camera never leaves the ballroom. Dialogues and relationships are realized through the music and dancing only with no word spoken. Ironically, the film was nominated by the Academy for the Best Foreign Language movie award. It should've been nominated for the best Universal Language award - the language of music. The soundtrack features the works of such composers as Frederick Chopin, Irving Berlin, John Lennon, and Paul Mc Cartney. The original music was written by one of my favorite film composers, Vladimir Cosma. I saw "Le Bal" over twenty years ago and it has stayed with me over all these years as fantastic, one of its kind unforgettable film.

Bonjour, j'ai découvert que amazon.fr offrait en DVD remasterisé depuis novembre 2004 le film " Le Bal " de Ettore Scola.Je veux me le procurer dans cette version remasterisé et je me demandais si vous ne pouviez pas me le procurer en communiquant avec eux étant donné que c'est votre site francais.De plus il est disponible seulement en zone 2 alors que au Canada il s'agit de zone 1.

Je demeure enattente de vos nouvelles

Michel Bouchard
bouhel@videotron.ca

Je suis à la recherche de ce film et j'ai découvert, sur le net , qu'en communiquant avec amazone.fr ou fnac.com je pourrais avoir la copie DVD remasterizée depuis le 4 novembre 2004. Pourquoi amazone.ca ne l'offre -t'il pas aux internautes québécois en l'exportant de France. J'apprécierais beaucoup que vous me donniez des nouvelles à ce sujet.

Wonderful wordless film that says so much. A highly entertaining take on 20th century history through the life in a dancehall.

I agree with Galena: this movie was excellent. I saw it when it was first released in America and fell in love with it, too. It was based on a theater piece that I would dearly love to see, and, since there's no dialogue, I wonder (as I did then) if there could possibly be an American version in there somewhere. I really want the DVD (I've got an all-region player, so PAL isn't a problem), but $50.00? Gee, maybe if I had a job, I'd consider buying it.....

Bought this DVD from Amazon in France. This is one of the most entertaining films you will see, delightful.
It is a film you can watch over and over again, very nostalgic.If you can find it, BUY IT !