#717: DEMY, Jacques: The Young Girls Of Rochefort (1967)
THE ESSENTIAL JACQUES DEMY {Spine #713}
DEMY, Jacques (France)
The Young Girls Of Rochefort [1967]
Spine #717
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
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 François 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.
126 minutes
Color
Color
5.1 Surround
in French
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writer
Jacques Demy was 36 when he wrote and directed The Young Girls of Rochefort.
Other Demy films in the Collection:
#714: Lola (1961)
#715: Bay Of Angels (1963)
#716: The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964)
#718: Donkey Skin (1970)
#719: Une Chambre En Ville (1982)
The Film
Other Demy films in the Collection:
#714: Lola (1961)
#715: Bay Of Angels (1963)
#716: The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964)
#718: Donkey Skin (1970)
#719: Une Chambre En Ville (1982)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Seventy-two page booklet featuring an essay — Not the Same Old Song and Dance — by Jonathan Rosenbaum; and Jacques Demy and Nantes: The Roots of Enchantment by Jean-Pierre Berthomé.
Commentary
None.
French television interview
From 1966 featuring director Demy and composer Legrand discussing the music for the film.
Conversation
Between Demy biographer Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau.
Episode
From Behind the Scenes, a 1966 series about the making of the film.
Documentary
By filmmaker Agnès Varda: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) {Spine #0000B}.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Seventy-two page booklet featuring an essay — Not the Same Old Song and Dance — by Jonathan Rosenbaum; and Jacques Demy and Nantes: The Roots of Enchantment by Jean-Pierre Berthomé.
Commentary
None.
French television interview
From 1966 featuring director Demy and composer Legrand discussing the music for the film.
Conversation
Between Demy biographer Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau.
Episode
From Behind the Scenes, a 1966 series about the making of the film.
Documentary
By filmmaker Agnès Varda: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) {Spine #0000B}.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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