Tonight on TV: John Travolta on the Dance Floor Do You Think You Know? Except this movie is a lot richer than you think

Tony Manero is not happy. His parents, of Italian descent, swear by his older brother, Frank, whose vocation, the priesthood, places him at the highest level of family love. He is content to be the family shop boy and take the blame from the family. But on Saturday night, it’s another man who dons a sequin suit and wows the 2001 floor, his favorite nightclub, with the energy of his dance moves.

This pitch, it probably didn’t take you long to guess, is Saturday Night Fever. A cult film that not only launched the career of John Travolta, who received the role of a lifetime, but also contributed greatly to the popularization of disco music.

It was released in cinemas in 1978. Saturday Night Fever Of course, it is an interesting film about dance John Travolta Absolutely incredible when it hits the track, but it’s also so much more. Because John Badham signs here a social drama of great accuracy, which focuses on the difficult daily life of Italian-American youth in Brooklyn, between racism, violence and unemployment. if she dances Saturday Night Fever It is also exciting and moving.

The iconic soundtrack

We obviously wouldn’t end this text without mentioning the incredible soundtrack Saturday Night FeverUndoubtedly one of the most famous of the Seven Arts, composed by the Bee Gees, it has sold more than 40 million copies. Don’t lie: you should be singing and dancing to the unstoppable tunes of global hits. stay alive and Night fever !

Saturday Night Fever was a huge public success in French cinemas with over 4.3 million viewers. Are you ready to move your hips in front of an iconic film in your living room, both entertaining and intellectual?

Tonight at Arte at 20:55.

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