Dancing Chaplin

Dancing Chaplin

2011 · 131 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in 1991 and has been touring the world since, and he assigned this project to his trusted friend, Masayuki Suo, pioneer of the current revival of Japanese cinema. Drawing upon a wealth of worldwide ballet talent, Petit's ballet and Chaplin's films, Suo reinvented the work and has given it a new lease of life. The resulting piece is not simply a filmed record of the ballet but a union of the two media that reflects the meeting of the great talents of Chaplin, Petit and Suo

Directed by Masayuki Suō

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Tamiyo Kusakari Self
Luigi Bonino
Roland Petit Self
Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Jean Charles Verchere Self
Lienz Chang Self
Philippe Halnaut Self
Martin Harrigue Self
Gregoire Lansier

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