The Young Girls of Rochefort
Synopsis
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. Simon 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.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli DIRECTOR: Jacques Demy CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ghislain Cloquet MUSIC: Michel Legrand PRODUCTION: Parc Film, Madeleine Films
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
PRODUCTION NOTES
▸ Music & Score
#"Le pont transbordeur" ("The Ferry Bridge") #"Arrivée des Camionneurs ballet" ("Arrival of Truckers Ballet") #"Leçon de ballet" ("Ballet Lesson") #"Chanson des jumelles" ("Twins' Song", popularized as "A Pair of Twins") - Anne Germain, Claude Parent #"Chanson de Maxence" ("Maxence's Song", popularized as "You Must Believe in Spring") - Jacques Revaux #"De Delphine à Lancien" ("From Delphine to Lancien") - Anne Germain, Jacques Riberolles #"Nous voyageons de ville en ville" ("We Travel From City To City") - Romuald, José Bartel #"Chanson de Delphine" ("Delphine's Song", popularized as "You Must Believe in Spring") - Anne Germain #"Chanson de Simon" ("Simon's Song") - Georges Blaness #"Andy amoureux" ("Andy In Love") - Donald Burke #"Marins, amis, amants ou maris" ("Sailors, Friends, Lovers Or Husbands") - José Bartel, Anne Germain, Claude Parent #"Chanson d'Yvonne" ("Yvonne's Song") - Danielle Darrieux #"Chanson de Maxence Reprise" ("Maxence's Song Reprise") - Jacques Revaux #"Chanson de Solange" ("Solange's Song") - Claude Parent #"De Hambourg à Rochefort" ("From Hamburg To Rochefort") - Anne Germain, Claude Parent #"Chanson des jumelles" ("Twins' Song") - Anne Germain, Claude Parent, Romuald, José Bartel #"Lola Lola" - Danielle Darrieux #"Ballet de basketball" ("Basketball Ballet") #"La femme coupée en morceaux" ("Woman Cut Into Pieces") #"Les rencontres" ("The Meetings") #"Chanson d'Andy" ("Andy's Song") #"Kermesse" #"Chanson d'un jour d'été" ("Summer Day Song") - Anne Germain, Claude Parent #"Toujours, jamais" ("Always, Never") - Anne Germain, Claude Parent, Romuald, José Bartel #"Concerto ballet" #"Départ des forains ballet" ("Fairground Departure Ballet") #"Départ des camionneurs final" ("Truckers Departure Finale")
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
Nominations: ○ Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score (41st Academy Awards)
CRITICAL RECEPTION
The film was met with critical acclaim and is now regarded as one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval score of 98%, with an average rating of 8/10 based on 45 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Young Girls of Rochefort pays colorful homage to classic Hollywood musicals while earning its own emotionally affecting place of honor in the genre."
In a contemporaneous 1968 review, Renata Adler of The New York Times called the film, "the best musical in some time." Similarly, in 2022 David Ehrlich of IndieWire named it the 34th greatest movie musical of all time, deeming it, "A sneakily bittersweet masterpiece," and comparing it favorably to Demy's previous film, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
The film was voted the 185th greatest film of all time in the 2022 Sight and Sound poll.
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