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Bolero: Dance of Life( 1981)

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The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme.

Overview

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.

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      Robert Hossein

      Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

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      Nicole Garcia

      Anne Meyer

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      Geraldine Chaplin

      Suzan / Sara Glenn

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      Daniel Olbrychski

      Karl Kremer

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      Jorge Donn

      Boris & Sergei Itovitch / Lead Dancer of Boléro

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      Rita Poelvoorde

      Tatiana & Tania Itovitch

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      Macha Méril

      Magda Kremer

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      Évelyne Bouix

      Evelyne / Edith

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      Francis Huster

      Francis

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      Raymond Pellegrin

      M. Raymond

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      Paul Préboist

      Le grand-père d'Edith

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      Jean-Claude Brialy

      Le directeur du Lido

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      Marthe Villalonga

      La grand-mère d'Edith

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      Fanny Ardant

      Véronique

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      Jean-Claude Bouttier

      Philippe Rouget

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      Richard Bohringer

      Richard

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      Nicole Croisille

      Nicole Croisille

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      Ginette Garcin

      Ginette

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      Jean-Pierre Kalfon

      Père Antoine

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      Geneviève Mnich

      Jeanne

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      Alexandra Stewart

      Alexandra

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      Éva Darlan

      Eva

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      Manuel Gélin

      Patrick Prat

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      Candice Patou

      Candice

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      Maïa Simon

      Me Isabelle Prat

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      James Caan

      Jack Glenn / Jason Glenn

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      Sarah Abrell

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      Féodor Atkine

      Alexis

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      Mireille Audibert

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      Jean-Claude Bourbault

      Le garde-barrière

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      Christophe Bourseiller

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      Jean-Pierre Castaldi

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      Anne Caudry

      La fille d'Eva

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      Louise Chevalier

      La bonne du Père Antoine

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      Véronique Coquet

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      Thérèse Crémieux

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      Katalin Csarny

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      Dan Daes

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      Nicole Daresco

      Gina

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      Andrée Delair

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      Linda Dingwall

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      Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

      Le représentant Croix Rouge (UNICEF)

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      Maxime Dufeu

      Le voisin

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      Andy Fenwick

      Glenn as a boy

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      Farmer Fuller

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      Ernie Garrett

      Bobby

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      Charles Gérard

      Charlot

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      Evelyne Hue

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      Gérard Ismaël

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      Philippe Jacques

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      Lyle Joyce

      Mr. Tracy

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      Jacques Villeret

      Jacques

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      Valérie Quennessen

      Francis's girlfriend

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      Sharon Stone

      Girl with Glenn Senior (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • musical
    • gay theme