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Young Girls of Rochefort (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Wendy Barry, Dorothee Blanc, Earl W. Brown, George Chakiris, Henri Cremieux
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 16764
Format: Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD18315D
UPC: 717951005007
EAN: 0717951005007
ASIN: B000062XI7
Theatrical Release Date: April 11, 1968
Release Date: January 22, 2002
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From Amazon.com
The French director Jacques Demy scored a worldwide hit in 1964 with IThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg/I, 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 IUmbrellas/I, Catherine Deneuve and Michel Legrand. The film is IThe Young Girls of Rochefort/I, an effervescent concoction about traveling players and dreamy-headed Idemoiselles/I in a seaside town. Deneuve and her real-life sister, Francoise Dorleac (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 ICherbourg/I score, and some of the choreography would fit right into an IAustin Powers/I 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 letterboxed version, if possible.) I--Robert Horton/I
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La quintessence de la comedie musicale francaise. Avec ce superbe hommage a Hollywood #8211; d'ou la presence de Gene Kelly (IUn Americain a Paris/I, IChantons sous la pluie/I) et de George Chakiris (IWest Side Story/I) au generique #8211; Jacques Demy compose un hymne a la fantaisie et a la joie de vivre que vivifient des couleurs eclatantes qui illuminent le film, du jaune vif au bleu myosotis en passant par le rose bonbon, magnifiquement jouees par Catherine Deneuve et Francoise Dorleac, deux soeurs jumelles a la ritournelle legendaire. Occasion pour le realisateur des IParapluies de Cherbourg/I de saluer la comedie musicale americaine, ILes Demoiselles de Rochefort/I lui permettent aussi d'approfondir des motifs qui lui sont chers : la recherche de l'amour ideal, incarnee par un Jacques Perrin qu'on dirait issu d'un univers a la Cocteau ; les amours contrariees par le hasard, telles celles de Michel Piccoli et de Danielle Darrieux ; l'evocation de la region nantaise ; la volonte de meler le trivial au merveilleux #8211; voir ainsi le curieux personnage de monsieur Dutrouz#8230; Il ne faut surtout pas oublier l'apport essentiel du compositeur Michel Legrand, a la tonalite euphorisante de ce film rose bonbon legerement acidule : jamais l'association Demy-Legrand n'a ete aussi feconde #8211; complicite a laquelle il faut ajouter les superbes contributions de Bernard Evein aux decors et de Ghislain Coquet a la photo. I--Sylvain Lefort/I
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 french cheese- the stinky kind August 31, 2005
,Sarah (Toronto)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What can I say except that I was pleased that Gene Kelly only had to spend 10 minutes in this unfortunate film. As always, I can't really say anything against Gene Kelly but as for the rest of the film? Well, it is a feeble attempt at creating a french version of the Hollywood musical. They really missed the mark but I guess it would of helped if ANY of the stars could sing. If you can imagine, they dubbed Gene Kelly's singing voice.....mon Dieu.
Catherine Deneuve at her most beautiful April 28, 2004
Peter Tracey (Sydney Australia)
If only life could be eternally sunny and everyone going around singing of Love!This film is GREAT! Catherine Deneuve is radiant in this.I once saw this on TV many years ago dubbed into english but I cannot find any reference to a dubbed version anywhere now? The translation was great though the original version is still excellent.I recall the scene in the cafe in the square where they're discussing the cut up body in the basket.In english it was hilarious quite droll! brThe actress who played the mother was also very good.brI found Gene Kelly a bit over the top which, in this film, is saying something!For anyone who wants some fun escapism I highly recommend this film. The musical score is beautiful, especially the composition by Catherine Deneuve's sister
 DEFECTIVE DVD April 7, 2004
Artful Star (Chicago, IL United States)
The other reviews are accurate in describing the film and helping in your descision to buy it. I just wanted to mention that my DVD skipped and jerked during the last few scenes of the film and made it nearly unwatchable. I tried a couple different players with no luck and then sent for a replacement copy which exhibited the exact same behavior. Apparently some defects in this pressing. I wonder if many others have had this problem.
 Great! January 19, 2004
I thought this was a very wonderful movie. It was directed and acted very well.
Fairytale set in reality November 5, 2003
Merilahti Kristiina (Finland)
Firstly: this isn't a musical like 'Cherbourg'. It has only a few themes, each belonging to certain people - and you can quickly find out, that people who belong together sing the same tune, only with different words. Which is a charming idea and won me over. And it isn't the kind of fairytale that many Demy's films are. The people move about in a realistic place, doing things that at least remind things that happen in reality, but wearing things that make them and the dancers - who walk by casually and start and stop dancing absent-mindedly - stand out of others. There are very few big dancing scenes here. Even though Gene Kelly is in the cast.pThe cast is great: Danielle Darrieux, Francoise Dorleac, Catherine Deneuve, George Charikis, Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly and Jacques Perrin - with his hair blonde, wearing a sailor costume that looks like the ones little boys wear. They all seem to fit in this story that has nothing to do with real life, just happens in real surroundings. The pastel coloured clothes, the way people move without finding each other, unexpected, haphazard dancers on the streets... Apparently Demy had fun lending musical-like features while still trying to do something else. Deneuve, Dorleac and Darrieux are lovely, of course, the men are all handsome and charming (Charikis should be sold in bottles!) and the music is lovely. This time Legrand made recognizable songs, each belonging to certain people. pThe plot? There isn't much to tell about. Two lovely girls, musically talented, are looking for love and a better future, their mother keeps a cafe and remembers the love of her life she rejected because the man had a silly name. The fare brings new people to Rochefort and the girls get a chance to leave, maybe to Paris. But men keep crossing their path...pOh yes, I love this film. Even though I don't care for musicals that much. Or pure romantic soap. There is something disarming in this one, though it's useless to find great big truths of life or magnificent singers. Perhaps that's what is so charming: these people can hold a tune and dance a bit, but they aren't so good you couldn't do the same thing yourself - if you had the balls to take a few steps or to sing a nice tune as you walk down the street and feel like it.pI suppose I finally fell for this film in the end, when one of the main characters is leaving alone, then gets up on a truck and the theme grows stronger and bigger than ever. The lovers meet, though it isn't shown. And by the way: in my mind it's one of the best themes Legrand ever composed. Enjoy!
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