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The Young Girls of Rochefort

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The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:32

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8/10

Rated: PG

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:14-08-2009

Synopsis: In THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT, the follow up to the revolutionary UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1963), director Jacques Demy continues his experiments with narrative and the musical form, as well as... In THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT, the follow up to the revolutionary UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1963), director Jacques Demy continues his experiments with narrative and the musical form, as well as his collaboration with composer Michel Legrand. Characters meet, story lines cross, families expand and all is expressed in booming song, exploding color, and elegant choreography. Catherine Deneuve and her real life sister, Francoise Dorleac play sisters who run a music and ballet school and in their spare time seek love and adventure. Their Mother runs a café in the Town Square which is the eye of the romantic and dramatic storm that runs through the film. A young sailor mopes at the café dreaming of an ideal love, a local music merchant regrets his lost love, a carnival enters town and two of its members convince the sisters to put on a spectacle. Gene Kelley makes an appearance, as do elements from many Hollywood musicals, added in pastiche. As the film reaches a hysterical and breakneck pace, lovers are lost and found, separated and reunited and the glittering, pastel glamour of the town of Rochefort plays a starring role. Love's endurance and the persistence of chance reign as the ridiculous and the sublime combine to create a cinematic experience unlike any other. [More]

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Perrin, Grover Dale, Henri Cremieux, Jacques Riberolles

Director: Jacques Demy

Director: Jacques Demy
Screenwriter: Jacques Demy
Producer: Mag Bodard, Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Composer: Michel Legrand

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The fondant-fancy colours make the film all the more escapist, yet some pop songs can pierce you to the core.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
08/17/09
Edward Porter
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)

A very welcome rerelease of Demy's delightful 1967 musical.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
08/17/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

The result is uncommonly pleasing or defiantly twee: take your choice.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
08/17/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

An intriguing mix of French New Wave and Hollywood Musical, this still succeeds in sweeping you off your feet.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/14/09
Patrick Peters
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
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A luminous musical about dreams, romance and destiny which lovingly reworks the classic Hollywood ‘putting on a show’ template into an essay on the emotional rollercoaster ride that is movie-going.

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08/14/09
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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A decidedly old-fashioned delight.

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08/14/09
Channel 4 Film
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Reminiscent of a Shakespearean comedy and seems to tap into a romantic yearning that is hardwired into our DNA. Absolutely sublime.

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08/14/09
Toby Young
Toby Young
Times [UK]
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There's something irresistibly swinging, even promiscuous, about the whole affair.

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08/14/09
Catherine Shoard
Catherine Shoard
Guardian [UK]
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What makes the film so lovable and still so gladsomely alive today is how closely it hews to Demy’s distinctive, celebratory vision of life.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
08/14/09
Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu
Daily Telegraph
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Jolliest of the Demy-Michel Legrand operettas.

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01/26/06
Tom Milne
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Time Out
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06/05/08
Variety
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Life affirming dance routines, the wonderful music of Michel Legrand and effervescent presence of Catherine Deneuve, her real life sister Françoise Dorléac, George Chakiris and Gene Kelly; what more could you want?

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03/23/08
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03/08/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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I like it better than the decidedly more grim The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/17/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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07/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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Elaborate, romantic French musical, follow-up to "Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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05/28/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Certainly the best musical in some time.

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01/15/05
Renata Adler
Renata Adler
New York Times
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This is a film about music and color, an impressive follow-up to the similar The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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08/19/04
Christopher Null
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Filmcritic.com

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04/03/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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03/19/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
 
 
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