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There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

One of the Best Epic Films from France. The Film tells the stories of 4 families, from Paris, NY, Berlin and Moscow, since the beginning of WWII to the 80's, their lives and their tragedies, overcome these difficulties to finally all being reunited in a spectacular show at the Eiffel tower's feet listening Ravel's Bolero performed directed, danced and sung by the main characters.You will enjoy the film If not for the ploy for the music and choreographies. This film could be confusing when some actor plays the part of their own decedents, which is required by the plot to establish that he/she is a next of kin.it's still one of those rare films that you will love to watch from time to time, to remember us that we are all humans, life always ends in a full circle, the music is all around us and there is always hope that better times are coming.

Delighted to see this film again, which I first saw in 1981, in Paris. Most of it was as I remembered it , but one or two things were different. I realise it would not be everyone's choice, but the panorama of people, events and places is something I can luxuriate in. Still amazed that Geraldine Chaplin has such a smoky voice! Towards the end when characters appeared to be duplicated it was not always easy to follow - I speak good French, but even so, I think I would have benefited from a translation and some good subtitles. On the whole, though, the intricacies of the plot were revealed without difficulty and the insistent Bolero of Ravel drew it all together.

This is probably the most famous Claude Lelouch's film - second only to "A man and a woman" (1966). While the latter has a very simple (and fascinating) structure, "Les uns et les autres" (also known as "Bolero") has a more complex and more ambitious layout.The film is a saga, it tells the story about four artist families from the Second World War to the Sixties. Lelouch works with some of the best French movie actors (Hossein, Garcia, Brialy, Villeret, Bohringer) and two stars like James Caan and Geraldine Chaplin. Music (excellent) is composed by Francis Lai and Michel Legrand, choreography is conceived by Maurice Béjart.The film is very long and slow, sometimes Lelouch is self-indulgent (some situations are set in a very maniacal way, we feel much perfectionism). But it is another captivating movie of this French director, who likes long shots and also lets many many images speak for themselves. I would say the film is a cinematic poem, full of lyricism. A love dedication to life and art.

This effort of the French cinema-world to look beyond its own borders has been quite succesful in that the story covers three continents and breathes different cultures and different times, using very different musical genres. Though some storylines end in nothing (in a typically French way), there are enough plots to build up to a climax which Ravel could not have surpassed. In the final scene some people sit together and make music music together and only we know how closely related they are. The eyes (and arms!) of the conductor of a German army-band on Place de l' Etoile when two Parisian hookers smile at him, is unforgettable.