Le bal is a 1983 Italian-Franco-Algerian film without dialogue directed by Ettore Scola that represents the fifty-year story of the French society by way of a ballroom in France.

Cast

• Étienne Guichard as Le jeune étudiant de province / Le jeune professeur
• Régis Bouquet as Le patron de la salle / Le paysan
• Francesco De Rosa as Toni, le jeune serveur
• Arnault LeCarpentier as Le jeune typographe / L'étudiant
• Liliane Delval as La fille aux cheveux longs / L'alcoolique (as Liliane Léotard)
• Martine Chauvin as La jeune fleuriste / L'étudiante
• Danielle Rochard as La livreuse d'une modiste
• Nani Noël as La fille de joie / La jeune juive / La refugiée / La jeune qui peint ses basses
• Aziz Arbia as Le jeune ouvrier
• Marc Berman as L'aristo / Le planqué / Le collaborationiste
• Geneviève Rey-Penchenat as L'aristo
• Michel van Speybroeck as L'homme qui vient de loin / Jean Gabin
• Rossana Di Lorenzo as La dame-pipi
• Michel Toty as L'ouvrier spécialisé
• Raymonde Heudeline as L'ouvrière
• Jean-Claude Penchenat as La 'croix de feu'

Accolades

The film won the 1984 César Award

César Award

The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....

 for Best Film ex-æquo (tie) with À nos amours

À nos amours

À nos amours is a 1983 French film directed by Maurice Pialat, written by Arlette Langmann and Pialat.-Plot:The film is a character study focusing on Suzanne, a promiscuous fifteen-year-old Parisian, played by Sandrine Bonnaire...

. It also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

, representing Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 (rather than France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

). At the 34th Berlin International Film Festival

34th Berlin International Film Festival

The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 28, 1984.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann * Jules Dassin* Edward Bennett* Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu* Lana Gogoberidze* Tullio Kezich* Steffen Kuchenreuther...

, Ettore Scola won the Silver Bear for Best Director

Silver Bear for Best Director

The Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction.-Awards:-Repeated winners:*Mario Monicelli *Satyajit Ray *Carlos Saura -External links:*...

.