Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Françoise Dorléac
Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. S...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 22, 2002
Stats: 199 reviews
Demy's "The Young Girls of Rochefort" is the polar opposite of the last act in "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg". There, two old lovers ran into each other having both moved on with their lives. The colors are desaturated, the town is dark and empty, and snow pours down. "The Young Gi...( read more)
Marvelous, whimsical and fun. I can only rank this film second to the Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
"the young girls of rochefort" is the dynamic french musical classic with a fairly young angelic catherine deneuve. and it is restricted to people who have an acceptance to the cliched parisian naivete of french romanticism. the storyline is delineated with an innocent stroke of...( read more)
Was forced to sit through this in high school and didn't like it then. Soppy chick flick en francais. Won't waste my time with it again.
Il s'agit d'un autre très beau film de Jacques Demy, quoi que j'y préfère Les Parapluies de Cherbourg. Toute l'équipe est merveilleuse, il est agréable de voir Catherine Deneuve avec sa soeur (avant son malheureux accident). Intéressant aussi l'ajout de Gene Kelly qui parle franç...( read more)
demy did a companion piece to 'cherbourg' with this through-danced piece that pays homage to the happy-go-lucky freed unit musicals released by mgm. the choreography is fun, bumptious classic jazz and it is danced off the screen by the likes of george chakiris and grover dale. ...( read more)
A very disappointing musical from Jacques Demy - terrible story and boring songs. The costumes are farcical: trousers tucked into white boots? You can see the terrible glint of Xanadu in Gene Kelly's droopy eyes. Much better to watch Umbrellas of Cherbourg again.
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (Francia, 1967), es un viaje más al colorido y musical mundo de Jacques Demy, luego de su éxito con Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964). Demy trajo de regreso a su protagonista, la bella Catherine Deneuve, quien conservaba su aire inocente, triste y vu...( read more)
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