THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
Genre
Musical and Comedy
Running time
121 minutes
Year
1967
Language
French
Subtitle
English
Country
France
Director
Jacques Demy
Bio
Producer
Mag Bodard
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly
Scriptwriter
Jacques Demy
Widely regarded as the best French musical ever made, Jacques Demy’s effervescent romance about Delphine and Solange, talented twins living in a seaside town who long for the bright lights of Paris, stars Catherine Deneuve and her real-life sister, Francoise Dorléac. Everyone in the film is looking for love – the twins, their mother who runs the local café, the man she left behind who still pines for her, Maxence the sailor who paints his ideal woman in his spare time – even the American musician just passing through, who is played by the great Gene Kelly. Everyone, eventually, will find what they’re looking for. Audiences, meanwhile, will discover one of the greatest pleasures the cinema has to offer.
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