
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085213/
french cable rip
but movie without dialogue
Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film of 1983 and winner of three Cesars (The French "Oscar"), Ettore Scola's Le Bal is one of the great rarities of world cinema.
US critics were dazzled by its grace and charm. Among them, Vincent Canby of the New York Times, who called the film a "dreamlike extravaganza." And Judith Crist/WOR-TV, "...one of the most memorable movies...in years." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times appropriately hailed it as "A Chorus Line of everyday people."
Le Bal takes place in a hypothetical Parisian dance hall and its plot communicated entirely through mime, its pop music soundtrack and period ballroom dances. The prologue section, set in present time, introduces us to the cast of characters. Then, the hall lights go on. The couples pair off. the music begins. And in a series of flashback sequences that use key moments in modern French history as their backdrop, we are presented with a clever yet poignant social commentary of prewar, postwar and modern times.