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Young Girls Of Rochefort, The (Les Demoiselles De Rochefort) (The Films Of Jacques Demy)
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- First Released
- 12/03/08
- Genres
- Musical, Romance, Classic, Foreign
- DVD
- 4 (will only play on Region 4 and Multi-Region DVD players)
- Media Format
- PAL - View more information
Description
...they're Singing and Dancing in the Streets
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.
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.
Special Features
- Actors
- Director
- Jacques Demy
- Distributor
- Shock
- Rating
- G
- Year of Production
- 1967
- Country of Origin
- France
- Run Time (minutes)
- 122
- Language
- French
- Subtitle Language
- English
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital
- French Dolby Digital 2.0
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9 Enhanced
- Transfer Aspect Ratio
- Widescreen
- First Released
- 2008-03-12
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Number of Discs
- 1
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