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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: 23 Fresh: 23  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.8/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

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 his collaboration with composer Michel Legrand. Characters meet, story lines cross, families... 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]

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 1, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1

Audio:

  • Mono - French
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers

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Jolliest of the Demy-Michel Legrand operettas.

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01/26/06
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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
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I like it better than the decidedly more grim The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

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01/17/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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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
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Certainly the best musical in some time.

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01/15/05
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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04/03/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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03/19/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Rob Blackwelder
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09/04/02
John J. Puccio
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Friends and family on my Christmas list might just see this disc in their stocking

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04/10/02
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit
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Pauline Kael noted the effort “demonstrates how even a gifted Frenchman who adores American musicals misunderstands their conventions.”

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11/23/01
Brandon Judell
Critics Inc./America Online
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Deneuve is in a class and breed of her own, even outside of her own sister.

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11/05/01
Greg Muskewitz
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Deneuve and Dorléac are stylish, smart, and spirited, and their awkwardness as dancers makes them even more winning.

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01/01/00
Amy Taubin
Village Voice
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This is one terrific musical.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
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The colors appear faded after thirty-one years but the voices and music come across just fine.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
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