Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues

1987 1h 30m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

DramaRomanceTV Movie

Synopsis

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A young ballerina opens a school after a leg injury ends her stage career. A blues musician in the same building distracts and annoys her with his constant playing.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tamara Chaplin
Andrea Decaro
Rex Smith
Rick Peterson
Jean-Pierre Matte
Nickolai
Dennis O'Connor
Izzy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Glenn Bydwell
Writers: Julian Roffman, Tannis Korbin
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Tamara Chaplin and Rex Smith and Jean-Pierre Matte carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0094707 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Glenn Bydwell directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Tamara Chaplin and Rex Smith and Jean-Pierre Matte carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0094707 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues (1987)

Part of

Shades of Love

Shades of Love is a collection of romantic and dramatic made-for-television and direct-to-video films. The films paired well-known leading men with lesser known Canadian actresses. Aired in Canada and sold individually on VHS in North America, the Shades of Love film series was geared towards females who bought romance novels.