Le Bal (film)

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Le Bal
Le Bal DVD.jpg
DVD cover
Directed by Ettore Scola
Produced by Franco Committeri
Written by Jean-Claude Penchenat
Ruggero Maccari
Furio Scarpelli
Ettore Scola
Starring Étienne Guichard
Cinematography Ricardo Aronovich
Editing by Raimondo Crociani
Release date(s) 21 December 1983
Running time 110 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language No dialogue

Le bal (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.

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Accolades [edit]

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). At the 34th Berlin International Film Festival, Ettore Scola won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 November 2010. 

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