Bolero: A Global Hit

Overview

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

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Mats Ek

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Marie-Agnès Gillot

Self

Angélique Kidjo

Self

Kim Jee-woon

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Katia Labèque

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Marielle Labèque

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Lalo Schifrin

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Rufus Wainwright

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Maurice Ravel

Self (archive footage)

Maurice Béjart

Self (archive footage)

Jorge Donn

Self (archive footage)