Bolero (Les Uns et les Autres)

An epic historical fresco tracing the lives of four families of musicians from the mid-1930’s to the present, LES UNS ES LES AUTRES (released as BOLERO in the U.S.), spans two generations and four countries, with Lelouch exploring the interplay between personal stories and the broader sweep of history. The family sagas were drawn mainly from experiences recounted to Lelouch from people he knew. “It is a film about memory. About my memories, my parents' memories. All the stories in the film are true, they all happened to real people. But memory is a very strange thing, sometimes precise, sometimes bizarre. It is another world; it has nothing to do with reality.” – Claude Lelouch