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Life Dances On or Christine or Dance Program (French: Un carnet de bal) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay and Louis Jouvet. It was partly shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou.
Life Dances On: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Harry Baur, Marie Bell, Pierre Blanchar, Fernandel. Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates.
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- Drama
- Julien Duvivier
- 1938-03-25
Bernard Zimmer. Writer. Written by on October 22, 2022. After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her ...
Un carnet de bal. A rich widow, nostalgic for the lavish parties of her youth, embarks on a journey to reconnect with the many suitors who once courted her. In doing so, she sets off on a course of discovery, both of herself and of how greatly the world has changed in two decades.
- Alain Regnault
Nov 16, 2020 · Un Carnet de Bal (1937) is an episodically structured trip through a widow’s past and directed by Julien Duvivier (Pépé le Moko, 1937). While recovering from her husband’s death, Christine (Marie Bell) reminisces about her youth.
- Julien Duvivier
- Fernandel
Un carnet de bal. Edit. Summaries. Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with ...
After the death of her husband, Christine visits her previous suitors who all danced with her at a ball when she was 16 (hence the title: Un Carnet de Bal"). The film operates a sort of series of short films, with each one focusing on the lives of her former suitors 20 years after she last saw them.
