# Bolero

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 5, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536 "2017-09-05T09:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harakeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Harakeke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harakeke)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/1 "2017-09-05T09:26:11Z")

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There was a great saga movie in the early '80s which I thought was called Bolero, but NOT the Bo Derek movie. I vaguely remember it may also have had another title. Anyone know ?

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/2 "2017-09-05T09:42:05Z")

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Perhaps you mean [Fandango](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/?ref_=nv_sr_1), starring Kevin Costner?

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**Author:** ![Harakeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Harakeke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harakeke)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/3 "2017-09-05T09:51:09Z")

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No, more based around the first half of last century

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/4 "2017-09-05T09:59:48Z")

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Not sure what you mean by “saga,” but maybe **this movie**?

> **[Valentino (1977) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076868/)**
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> Valentino: Directed by Ken Russell. With Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane. In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide.

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**Author:** ![Harakeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Harakeke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harakeke)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/5 "2017-09-05T10:10:07Z")

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No, but thanks…

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/6 "2017-09-05T10:41:13Z")

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Story? Setting? Actors? Something?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/7 "2017-09-05T10:52:47Z")

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**This one?**

> **[Ragtime (1981) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082970/)**
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> Ragtime: Directed by Milos Forman. With James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern. A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other...

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/8 "2017-09-05T12:23:00Z")

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[There is this Bolero from 1981.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083260/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/9 "2017-09-05T12:29:55Z")

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A '80s saga movie, eh? [This one](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097289/)?

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**Author:** ![Harakeke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bbce88/32.png) [@Harakeke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harakeke)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolero/795536/10 "2017-09-05T20:24:36Z")

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Yes! it’s this one, thanks mcgato!

“There is this Bolero from 1981.”

Now, I just have to find it to watch…

Thanks alot everyone