THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT

A film by Jacques Demy

Cast : Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Perrin, Georges Chakiris, Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly

1967 / comedy. musical / France / original title : LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT / 120’ / Color / status : completed / French / long feature-film / French and International catalog

Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

Nomination for Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture at the Academy Awards

Press

“Irresistibly swinging”

The Guardian

“Certainly the best musical in some time”

The New York Times

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