The Young Girls of Rochefort
by Demy, Jacques
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Actor: Doroth?e Blank, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Henri Cr?mieux, Ren? BazartDirector: Demy, Jacques
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-01-22
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Young Girls of Rochefort
Movie Review: My favorite movie...and was I surprised
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is so superbly executed that every romantically inclined person should consider possessing this DVD. Do you need an uplifting plot for an uplifting musical? How about several main characters yearning to find their soulmates? Yet there is plenty of plain fun and humor here too. What you also get is an exquisite cast, wonderfully timeless music, bright colors, exceptional cinematography, and dance that you no longer see. Lots of dancers in Go-Go boots? Maybe it's satire; maybe the low budget producers got a good deal. But you know that you are in the 60's. It's French, it's American, and in the end it's just a whole lot of joyful charm. For the first viewing (if you don't already know), I recommend that you turn the subtitles off and subject yourself to the beautiful French language. The actors are obviously having fun, and this is what puts this film over the top. P.S. Is Gene Kelly too old for Francoise Dorleac? One of the main themes here is that with artistic soulmates, the usual rules do not apply. Check out William Henderson's excellent (if a bit difficult) book "The Science of Soulmates". Also check out Francoise's look when she first sees Gene...priceless?...a hint of the eternal? And few could have done what Kelly did in the climactic ballet scene. Simply sublime.
Summary of The Young Girls of Rochefort
A wonderfully entertaining musical fantasy, THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT features big-screen legend Gene Kelly (THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT) and international star Catherine Deneuve (BELLE DE JOUR) in a delightfully lighthearted story about two charming sisters waiting for their perfect love to arrive! In the picturesque seaside village of Rochefort, Delphine (Deneuve) teaches dance while her twin Solange (Francoise Dorleac) composes and gives piano lessons. As the girls dream of success and romance in the far-off big city, they don't realize that true love may be just around the corner! An exuberant musical treat that earned rave reviews from critics everywhere, this beloved classic has been beautifully restored to its original magnificence!The French director Jacques Demy scored a worldwide hit in 1964 with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a bittersweet candy-colored romance in which all the dialogue was set to music. Equally enchanting is the musical that reunited Demy with the star and composer of Umbrellas, Catherine Deneuve and Michel Legrand. The film is The Young Girls of Rochefort, an effervescent concoction about traveling players and dreamy-headed demoiselles in a seaside town. Deneuve and her real-life sister, Fran?oise Dorl?ac (who died in a car accident not long after the movie was made), play twins who fantasize about life in Paris. But before they leave town, they are distracted by the weekend fair and its colorful singers and dancers. They're also destined to meet an American composer--gloriously, it's Gene Kelly, carrying the aura of classic MGM musicals in his lighter-than-air wake. He was 55 at the time, but much younger in movie years. (Another American, George Chakiris, also dances his way through the film.) Legrand's music isn't as powerful as his Cherbourg score, and some of the choreography would fit right into an Austin Powers discotheque sequence. And the costumes--well, the excesses of '60s mod designs have not aged well. Yet the crazy hairstyles and vinyl boots fit right into the film's sense of gleeful fun. There is a sunny, daffy spirit to this movie that becomes positively infectious. It deserves to be better known. (Try to catch a widescreen version, if possible.) --Robert Horton
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