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"The Ravel Mystery"

2024

2h 0m

6.3(77 votes)

Music

History

Drama

Overview

Boundary-pushing Russian dancer and actress Ida Rubinstein selects renowned French composer Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.

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Production Companies

Cinéfrance Studios

F Comme Film

France 2 Cinéma

Artémis Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Raphaël Personnaz

Raphaël Personnaz

Maurice Ravel

Doria Tillier

Doria Tillier

Misia Sert

Jeanne Balibar

Jeanne Balibar

Ida Rubinstein

Emmanuelle Devos

Emmanuelle Devos

Marguerite Long

Sophie Guillemin

Sophie Guillemin

Madame Rouveleau

Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez

Cipa

Anne Alvaro

Anne Alvaro

La mère de Maurice Ravel

Mélodie Adda

Mélodie Adda

La jeune prostituée

Alexandre Tharaud

Alexandre Tharaud

Pierre Lalo

Florence Ben Sadoun

Florence Ben Sadoun

La mère maquerelle

Creative team

Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Written by: Anne Fontaine
Pierre Trividic
Produced by: Julien Deris
David Gauquié

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