
Greta Garbo
Marguerite Gautier
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance…

Marguerite Gautier

Armand Duval

Monsieur Duval

Nichette

Nanine

Baron de Varville

Olympe

Prudence Duvernoy


Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'
Gaston

Woman in Theatre Box (uncredited)

Saint Gaudens (uncredited)

Fireplace Attendant (uncredited)