The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty. The film is based on the French comic strip 13 rue de l'Espoir.
Acting
Dorléac and Cassel's electric, barely-contained chaos together.
Direction
Carbonnaux's playful visual nods to comic strip panels.
Director
Norbert Carbonnaux
Françoise Dorléac
Françoise
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Albert
Arletty
la mère d'Albert
Jean Poiret
Vieux
Michel Serrault
Pétrarque
Micheline Francey
la tante
Evelyne Ker
Antoinette
Michel Vitold
Antoine
Denise Gence
la directrice de l'institut Saint-Marc
Christian Marin
le caméraman
Régine
Régine
Hélène Dieudonné
la grand-mère de Françoise
Pierre Duncan
le boucher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Françoise Dorléac's earliest leading roles before her tragic death in 1967; her chemistry with Cassel here led to three more films together.
The film satirizes France's post-war tabloid culture just as scandal sheets like France Dimanche were peaking—making Albert's accidental celebrity weirdly prescient of modern influencer culture.
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