Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux, Agnès Varda, Dorothée Blanck (more)VOD (1)
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Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), long for big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, and Gene Kelly), The Young Girls of Rochefort is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from sixties French cinema’s preeminent dreamer. (Criterion)
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Label: Concert Hall
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Country: France
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Notes: Performed by Jean Claudric et son orchestre (Tracks 1,3,4) and Guy Boyer et son orchestre (Track 2).
| 1. | SIDE A: LA COMTESSE DE HONG-KONG: C'est Ma Chanson (La Comtesse De Hong-Kong) | Charlie Chaplin | |
| 2. | LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT: La Chanson Des Jumelles (Les Demoiselles De Rochefort) | Michel Legrand | |
| 3. | SIDE B: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO: La Chanson De Lara (Le Dr Jivago) | Maurice Jarre | |
| 4. | UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME: Un Homme Et Une Femme | Francis Lai |