Le Bal (1983 film)
| Le Bal | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ettore Scola |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Penchenat Ruggero Maccari Furio Scarpelli Ettore Scola |
| Produced by | Franco Committeri |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich |
| Edited by | Raimondo Crociani |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
Production companies | Cinéproduction Films A2 Massfilm O.N.C.I.C. Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française |
| Distributed by | AMLF (France) Almi Classics (USA) L.C.J. Editions & Productions (Worldwide) |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | 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.[1]
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
Release
Le Bal was released in the United States in March 1984.[2]
Reception
Vincent Canby from The New York Times gave the film a very good review, stating: "Because Le Bal is a spectacle, most of the performers, unfortunately, remain anonymous, though their contributions are enormous. The film has been choreographed as much as directed in any conventional sense, but the physical production is outstanding. In the 1936 sequence, Mr Scola and his cinematographer, Ricardo Aronovich[3] miraculously drain virtually all the color from the images to create a look that suggests hand-tinted photographs that have begun to fade. More than anything else, these exemplify the mood of the entire film."[4]
On Rotten Tomatoes, "Le Bal" currently holds 89% audience approval rating.[5]
Accolades
| Award | Subject | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | Algeria | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost | Ettore Scola | Won |
| Best Director | Ettore Scola | Won | |
| Golden Bear | Ettore Scola | Nominated | |
| César Award | Best Film | Franco Committeri | Won |
| Best Director | Ettore Scola | Won | |
| Best Original Music | Vladimir Cosma | Won | |
| Best Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich | Nominated | |
| David di Donatello | Alitalia Award | Ettore Scola | Won |
| Best Film | Franco Committeri | Won | |
| Best Director | Ettore Scola | Won | |
| Best Score | Vladimir Cosma Armando Trovajoli |
Won | |
| Best Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rossana Di Lorenzo | Nominated | |
| Best Costumes | Ezio Altieri | Nominated |
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
- ^ Deanne Schultz Filmography of World History -- 2007 Page 12 0313326819 The Ball / Le bal (1982) Ettore Scola; Algeria/France/Italy; no dialogue; Color; 109 m; Warner Home Video (VHS);
- ^ Klain, Jane, ed. (1989). International Motion Picture Almanac for 1989 (60 ed.). Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. p. 411. ISBN 0-900610-40-9.
- ^ Eduardo Montes-Bradley, "Con Ettore Scola: El mejor decorado de Cinecittà" Clarín, Buenos Aires, April 5, 2018
- ^ Canby, Vincent. "'Le Bal,' A Comedy Adapted by Ettore Scola". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Le Bal (Ballando Ballando) (1983)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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