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The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Patrice Leconte with Jacques Villeret
The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro (1992)
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Add to a movie listLe Batteur du Boléro is a short film by Patrice Leconte, released in 1992. It features a drummer in an orchestra, played by Jacques Villeret, who plays a simple, repetitive rhythm on his single drum during a performance of Maurice Ravel's Boléro.
The focal point of the film is the drummer’s facial expressions. He has a bland expression at first, but as the film develops, he starts twitching his eyes, mouth and eyebrows. This technique is used to show the performer's frustration with the monotony of the piece. When the drummer’s mind is elsewhere, he starts to get out of rhythm. He shows his discomfort by twitching, indicating that his back hurts, and his continuous muttering.
When a female timpanist starts her part, he looks enviously at her and mutters every time he looks back at her. “Displeasure at being overshadowed by a bigger drum,” the director comments on the commentary.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
Jacques Villeret y joue le rôle d'un percussionniste dans un orchestre symphonique interprétant un long extrait du Boléro de Maurice Ravel, pièce de 1928, basée sur un ostinato joué tout d'abord en solo par la caisse-claire puis répété de la première à l’antépénultième mesure, alors que deux autres thèmes sont repris inlassablement par les autres membres de l'orchestre quand ceux-ci n'accompagnent pas le batteur dans son répétitif labeur.Actors
Jacques Villeret
(Le batteur)
Laurent Petitgirard
(Le chef d'orchestre)
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