
April 8 New York, NY FILM FORUM
A part of the screening series CLAUDE LELOUCH
France, 1981
Director: Claude Lelouch
Producer: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin, James Caan
Screenwriter: Claude Lelouch
Cinematography: Jean Boffety
Music: Francis Lai, Michel Legrand
Genre: Drama, Music
Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Language: French, German, and Russian with English subtitles; English
Running Time: 177 minutes
Synopsis:
An epic historical fresco tracing the lives of four families of musicians from the mid-1930’s to the present, Les Uns et Les Autres (released as Bolero in the U.S.), spans two generations and four countries, with Lelouch exploring the interplay between personal stories and the broader sweep of history. The family sagas were drawn mainly from experiences recounted to Lelouch from people he knew. “It is a film about memory. About my memories, my parents' memories. All the stories in the film are true, they all happened to real people. But memory is a very strange thing, sometimes precise, sometimes bizarre. It is another world; it has nothing to do with reality.” – Claude Lelouch
Awards and Recognition:
Technical Grand Prize (Cannes Film Festival, 1981)
Best Film, Best Sound, Best Music, and Best Editing nominations (César Awards, 1982)