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Bolero (1981)

Bolero (1981)

Drama Music

The dance of life!

Release Date: 1981, May 27
Directors: Claude Lelouch
Countries: France
Production: Les Films 13, Les Films 13
Cast: James Caan, Sharon Stone, Geraldine Chaplin, Francis Huster, Féodor Atkine, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Quennessen, Geneviève Mnich, Nicole Garcia, Macha Méril, Daniel Olbrychski, Jean-Claude Brialy

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.

Keywords:

musical gay theme