Slideshow
THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
11:00 AM
Sunday, March 18
Directed by Jacques Demy
(1967) Real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac are music-teaching twins whose dream is to blow Nantes and find love; dancers in the upcoming fair George Chakiris (West Side Story) and Grover Dale need new partners; their mother Danielle Darrieux mourns lost love Michel Piccoli, who has returned, and awaits colleague Gene Kelly; while poet/painter and about-to-be discharged sailor Jacques Perrin dreams of an ideal, whose portrait resembles Deneuve. Do they all meet? Some actual dialogue, but mainly non-stop singing and dancing through the sunny streets of the port. Approx. 126 min.
Reviews
“LYRICAL AND INTRICATE... Blends romance, drama, comedy, and some aspects of a thriller into a wonderful, mesmerizing whole.”
– Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
“A EUPHORIC SWIRL OF SHERBET COLORS.”
– Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice
“A DELIGHT! Any opportunity to see it with an appreciative audience should be grabbed.”
– Mike D’Angelo, The Village Voice