The Prom (1982)
- Original title
- Der Ball
- Directed by
- Ulrich Seidl
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Austria
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary watches ordinary people from a small Austrian town attend a yearly student ball. They show off and act foolish, all captured with a calm and unsentimental eye.
gentleobservationalwrycandidawkwardmundaneunflinchingslow-burn
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