Bolero: A Global Hit
Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, vertigo it creates, the words it inspires.
Cast
Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Self
Mats Ek
Self
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Self
Angélique Kidjo
Self
Kim Jee-woon
Self
Katia Labèque
Self
Marielle Labèque
Self
Lalo Schifrin
Self
Rufus Wainwright
Self
Maurice Ravel
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Béjart
Self (archive footage)
Jorge Donn
Self (archive footage)
Claude Lelouch
Self (archive footage)
Zubin Mehta
Self (archive footage)
Storyline
Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, vertigo it creates, the words it inspires.
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