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The Black Ball

2015 · 93 min

A light French social comedy about status anxiety, with gentle laughs and a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Denis Malleval
Genres
Drama, Tv movie, Comedy
Starring
Bernard Campan, Antoine Duléry, Virginie Lemoine
Overview
Married with a family and professionally successful, Vincent Ferreira has all he needs to be happy. Sensitive about his modest origins, he dreams of joining the local upmarket club attended by the town big wigs. But with each election, his bad luck prevents him from being admitted.

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Directed by
Denis Malleval
Genres
Drama, Tv movie, Comedy
Starring
Bernard Campan, Antoine Duléry, Virginie Lemoine
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • ambition
  • family
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, tv movie, comedy
Directed by
Denis Malleval
Written by
Jacques Santamaria
Starring
Bernard Campan, Antoine Duléry, Virginie Lemoine, François-Régis Marchasson, Joël Lefrançois, Linda de Suza, Tom Hudson, Louise Herrero
Music
Jean Musy
Cinematography
William Watterlot
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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