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a film by Damien Fritsch, 61'Every year, in Munster, in the region of Alsace, a ball with a strange name takes place: the Widows' Ball. Disguised and masked, women are the ones who invite men to the dance.

The ball is the time for them to take control. Meanwhile, men expect them to set their hearts on them. Encounters, secrets, seduction and disappointment... anything is possible.

technical data:
duration	61 minutes
screenplay	Damien Fritsch
camera	Bernard Colinet, Benoît Vetter, Philippe Strabach
sound	Pierre Bailleul, Maurice Gojean, Jean Guy
editing	Damien Fritsch
production	Dora Films - France 3 Alsace
grants	Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Alsace
distribution	dora Films

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© dora films 1996

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