The Young Girls of Rochefort

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The Young Girls of Rochefort

G

Released Mar 8, 1967

2h 6m

Musical

Romance

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Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange (Françoise Dorléac) are twin sisters who each want to find romance and leave their small seaside town of Rochefort, France. Soon they befriend a couple of visiting carnival workers who frequent their lonely mother's (George Chakiris) café and hire the girls to sing in the carnival. Wanting a career as a songwriter, Solange falls for an American musician, Andy (Jacques Perrin), while Delphine dumps her beau and searches Rochefort for her ideal man.

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Critics Consensus

The Young Girls of Rochefort pays colorful homage to classic Hollywood musicals while earning its own emotionally affecting place of honor in the genre.

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Carey Harrison

Sight & Sound

It must be allowed that [Jacques] Demy is an habitual offender on the count of sentimentality... yet he is capable of a tender, unsentimenial euphoria more intoxicating than any other film work in the field of sentimental farce.

Mar 19, 2020

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Melissa Anderson

Village Voice

A euphoric swirl of sherbet colors, Jacques Demy's Hollywood-musical homage The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) elevates even the most mundane actions to the spectacular ...

Apr 8, 2014

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

Despite the consistently sprightly surface, there's a somber undercurrent that lingers even when love triumphs and the music swells.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 8, 2014

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

It bypasses the more intimate style of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to pay homage to splashy Hollywood musicals.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 10, 2022

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Robert Kotlowitz

Harper's Magazine

This follow-up to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is the French at their least charming, being a nearly unbearably coy Gallic imitation of an MGM musical dating from the heyday of Gene Kelly.

Aug 4, 2020

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Life's regrets aren't often the basis of a movie musical, yet French director Jacques Demy is best known for his two films that fit that exact description.

Sep 30, 2019

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Kimberly

Absolute brilliance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Juanma E

This movie has a powerful effect on me: it makes me happy every time I watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Audience Member

Jacques Demy’s films are always a dazzling celebration of love, music, and whimsy. The Young Girls of Rochefort exemplifies this with its vibrant pastel palette, Michel Legrand’s unforgettable score, and captivating performances by Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac. While its lighthearted tone and playful narrative may not delve deeply into emotional complexity, the film’s infectious energy and visual splendor make it a timeless gem of French cinema. A must-watch for lovers of musicals and romantic escapism.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/25

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Audience Member

Jumping around singing & dancing for no apparent reason makes little sense - perhaps the inspiration for all that Bollywood junk - revolting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Jonathan G

Oh my god, Gene Kelly absolutely rocked with this. Catherine Denueve once AGAIN gives a beautiful performance in this French musical comedy with a subplot about an axe murderer? This might just be a new favorite comfort film for me, just how gorgeous and bright it is, how amazing the songs are, and just how sweet the dialogue. This film is why I just love picking out random films from the criterion collection to hit, and this doesn't disappoint for even a minute.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Alec B

A more traditional musical from Demy with some truly delightful songs. He still finds a way to make it all incredibly weird which makes for an interesting mesh of style and genre.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Synopsis

Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange (Françoise Dorléac) are twin sisters who each want to find romance and leave their small seaside town of Rochefort, France. Soon they befriend a couple of visiting carnival workers who frequent their lonely mother's (George Chakiris) café and hire the girls to sing in the carnival. Wanting a career as a songwriter, Solange falls for an American musician, Andy (Jacques Perrin), while Delphine dumps her beau and searches Rochefort for her ideal man.

Director: Jacques Demy
Producer: Mag Bodard, Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Screenwriter: Jacques Demy
Distributor: Miramax Films, Warner Bros., Miramax Home Entertainment [us], Miramax Zoë
Production Co: Parc Film, Madeleine Films
Rating: G
Genre: Musical, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $88.5K
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1), 35mm

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