Le bal des actrices (2009)

Director:

Maïwenn Le Besco

Writer:

Maïwenn Le Besco (writer)

Release Date:

28 January 2009 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

While shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses, the director falls for one of them. |

Plot Keywords:

Actor Playing Himself | Fake Documentary | Self Referential | Song | Swimming Underwater

Cast

Jeanne Balibar	...	Jeanne Balibar
Romane Bohringer	...	Romane Bohringer
Julie Depardieu	...	Julie Depardieu
Mélanie Doutey	...	Mélanie Doutey
Marina Foïs	...	Marina Foïs
Estelle Lefébure	...	Estelle Lefébure
Maïwenn Le Besco	...	Maïwenn (as Maïwenn)
Linh Dan Pham	...	Lin Dan Pham
Charlotte Rampling	...	Charlotte Rampling
Muriel Robin	...	Muriel Robin
Karole Rocher	...	Karole Rocher
Karin Viard	...	Karin Viard
Joey Starr	...	Joey Starr (as JoeyStarr)
Nicolas Briançon	...	Le producteur
Yvan Attal	...	Yvan Attal

Also Known As:

All About Actresses (Europe: English title) (festival title)
The Actress' Ball (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Company:

Les Films du Kiosque

Soundtrack:

Le bal des actrices

The difficult life of an actress

Are all actresses unstable, neurotic and slightly insane ? It seems that, at least, they all suffer from psychological break down from time to time and can easily be depressed and confused. Everyone plays his own role in this film, and you may identify some of them. This is the story : Maïwenn (Haute Tension) has decided to make a documentary showing actresses in their real life. You see her, making and filming relatively famous actresses, playing both a role in this film, and being themselves in the documentary.

So it is a film made of several layers, in this tradition of film of a film, coming from "La nuit américaine" by François Truffaut. The problem with this kind of story, is that it can be amusing mainly for the people knowing the actors of French cinema. I don't think it can be so much fun outside the French community. It could be interesting to see if Hollywood could remake it with American stars.

Anyway, Charlotte Rampling proves that she can still find a role after 60. But the most hilarious sketch is during a diner with Linh Dan Pham and her parents speaking in Vietnamese. Overall, I would say that my first bad feeling on this film was wrong. It may talk a lot, but it is not pretentious or boring. Congratulations to Maïwenn, both as actress, writer and director.