The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort • 2h 6m
Directed by Jacques Demy • 1967 • France
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac
Jacques Demy followed up THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), long for big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, and Gene Kelly), THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from sixties French cinema’s preeminent dreamer.
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“Cinéma”: Jacques Demy and Michel Leg...
In this interview from a 1966 episode of the French television program “Cinéma,” director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand talk about their process for creating the music for THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT.
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Jean-Pierre Berthomé and Jacquline Mo...
In this conversation, recorded in 2013, film scholar Jean-Pierre Berthomé talks to THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT costume designer Jacqueline Moreau, the wife of production designer Bernard Evein, about her and her husband’s decades-long collaboration with director Jacques Demy.
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“Behind the Screen”: Bernard Evein
In 1966, documentary filmmaker André Delvaux made a six-part series about the production of THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT for the Belgian television program “Behind the Screen.” Presented here is episode two, which features Bernard Evein discussing his designs for the film.
