Taglines: …They’re singing and dancing in the streets.
The Young Girls of Rochefort movie storyline. Delphine Garnier (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange Garnier (Françoise Dorléac) are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence (Jacques Perrin) is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon (Michel Piccoli) owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close… A film whose scenario is much less important than its feeling of euphory, according to the director Jacques Demy.
The Young Girls of Rochefort (French: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, lit. ‘The Young Ladies of Rochefort’) is a 1967 French musical comedy film written and directed by Jacques Demy. The ensemble cast is headlined by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, along with Gene Kelly, and features Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, and Grover Dale. The choreography was by Norman Maen.
Michel Legrand composed the score, to Demy’s lyrics. The most famous songs from this film score are “A Pair of Twins” (“Chanson des Jumelles” in French) and “You Must Believe in Spring” (“Chanson de Maxence”). The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. The film was a success for Demy in France with a total of 1,319,432 admissions. A stage musical based on Demy’s film was produced in France in 2003, adapted by Alain Boublil and directed by Daniel Moyne.
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Perrin, Grover Dale, Geneviève Thénier, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux, Dorothée Blanck
Screenplay by: Jacques Demy
Production Design by: Bernard Evein
Cinematography by: Ghislain Cloquet
Film Editing by: Jean Hamon
Costume Design by: Marie-Claude Fouquet, Jacqueline Moreau
Set Decoration by: Louis Seuret
Music by: Michel Legrand
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Comacico
Release Date: March 8, 1967 (France)
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