“The Ball of Their Lives”a documentary film on the largest debutante balls in North America, Toronto’s Helicon Ball and Montreal’s St. Stephen’s Ball. The film offers a slice of life from the Hungarian community in Canada. These balls started fifty years ago as a way for Canada’s Hungarian community to hold on to an important tradition. While these sorts of balls disappeared in Hungary during the socialist years, they became premier social events in Canada. Hundreds of guests travel from the world over to relive the grandeur of the belle époque.