Un carnet de bal
1937 Drama / Romance
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Summary
After the death of her husband, Christine looks back on her life and reflects that she
could have been so much happier if she had instead married someone else. One by
one, she visits the men with whom she danced at a ball during her youth, and is surprised
at what she discovers...
Review
Un carnet de bal is a good example of French cinema of the late1930s, and one of
the earliest successful attempts at the episodic film which became so popular in subsequent
decades.
The multi-part structure of the film (effectively a series of loosely connected vignettes) is a little unsatisfying, but the individual stories are themselves almost perfectly formed. It is worth seeing if only for the remarkable performances of the legendary actors that make up the cast list: Jouvet, Fernandel, Raimu, Baur... The director, Julien Duvivier, was so pleased with this film that he remade it during his time in Hollywood, in 1941, as Lydia. © James Travers 2001 Write a review for this film... |
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