Research Catalog

Title

Les demoiselles de Rochefort [videorecording] = The young girls of Rochefort / Miramax Films ; co-produced by Parc Film and Madeleine Films ; direction, original story, screenplay and lyrics by Jacques Demy ; produced by Mag Bodard and Gilbert de Goldschmidt ; choreography by Norman Maen ; music composed and conducted by Michel Legrand.

Publication

U.S. : Miramax Home Entertainment, 1996, c1967.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
• Dorléac, Françoise
• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
• Chakiris, George
• Dale, Grover
• Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017
• Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022
• Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020
• Hart, Pamela
• Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019
• Demy, Jacques
• Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
• Maen, Norman
• Parc Film, production company.
• Miramax Films, production company.
• Ciné Tamaris (Firm)

Description

• 1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
• 1 streaming video file (38 min.) : si., b&w.

Summary

Musical about romantic complications involving twin sisters and their mother in the village of Rochefort, France. The film includes numerous dance sequences, many of them set in the open air, and most of the songs include some dance movement. Catherine Deneuve plays the teacher of a children's ballet class, which appears in a few scenes. Major performers in the dance sequences are George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Gene Kelly, Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac. Major dance sequences include: Arrivée des camionneurs, danced in the town square by Chakiris, Dale and others -- Chanson des jumelles, sung and danced by Deneuve and Dorléac -- Nous voyageons de ville en ville, sung and danced by Chakiris and Dale -- Andy amoureux, sung and danced by Kelly and others -- Marins, amis, amants ou maris, sung and danced by Chakiris, Dale and others -- Chanson des jumelles [reprise], sung and danced by Deneuve, Dorléac, Chakiris and Dale -- La chanson d'un jour d'été [also called Chantez l'amour! Dansez le joie!], sung and danced by Deneuve and Dorléac -- Toujours jamais, which includes dancing by Chakiris and Dale -- Concerto, danced by Kelly, Dorléac and others.

Alternative Title

Young girls of Rochefort

Subjects

• Features
• Video
• Musicals > France
• Dance
• Motion pictures

Genre/Form

• Musicals.
• Dance.
• Features.
• Motion pictures.
• Video.

Note

• Feature presentation preceded by an additional 7 min. of previews and advertisements.
• End credits incomplete.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

• Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; scenery, Bernard Evein ; costumes, Jacqueline Moreau, Marie Claude Fouquet.

Performer (note)

• Catherine Deneuve (Delphine Garnier) ; Françoise Dorléac (Solange Garnier) ; Gene Kelly (Andy Miller) ; Danielle Darieux (Yvonne) ; George Chakiris (Etienne) ; Jacques Perrin (Maxence) ; Michel Piccoli (Simon Dame) ; Jacques Riberolles (Guillaume Lancien) ; Grover Dale (Bill) ; Geneviève Thénier (Josette) ; Henri Cremieux (Dutrouz) ; Pamela Hart (Judith) ; Leslie North (Esther) ; Patrick Jeantet (Boubou) ; others. Agnès Varda, who supervised the restoration of this film, appears in the cameo role of a nun.

Event (note)

• Motion picture originally released in 1967. Restored version realized by Agnès Varda in 1996 ; produced by Perrine Bauduin, Ciné Tamaris, in collaboration with AGFA, Ciné-Stéréo, Kodak and the Laboratoires Éclair.

System Details (note)

• Streaming file.

Language (note)

• In French with English subtitles.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5246

ISBN

078881401X

OCLC

• 45078284
• NYPY01-F917

Title

Les demoiselles de Rochefort [videorecording] = The young girls of Rochefort / Miramax Films ; co-produced by Parc Film and Madeleine Films ; direction, original story, screenplay and lyrics by Jacques Demy ; produced by Mag Bodard and Gilbert de Goldschmidt ; choreography by Norman Maen ; music composed and conducted by Michel Legrand.

Imprint

U.S. : Miramax Home Entertainment, 1996, c1967.

Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details

Streaming file.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5021.

Event

Motion picture originally released in 1967. Restored version realized by Agnès Varda in 1996 ; produced by Perrine Bauduin, Ciné Tamaris, in collaboration with AGFA, Ciné-Stéréo, Kodak and the Laboratoires Éclair.

Credits

Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; scenery, Bernard Evein ; costumes, Jacqueline Moreau, Marie Claude Fouquet.

Cast

Catherine Deneuve (Delphine Garnier) ; Françoise Dorléac (Solange Garnier) ; Gene Kelly (Andy Miller) ; Danielle Darieux (Yvonne) ; George Chakiris (Etienne) ; Jacques Perrin (Maxence) ; Michel Piccoli (Simon Dame) ; Jacques Riberolles (Guillaume Lancien) ; Grover Dale (Bill) ; Geneviève Thénier (Josette) ; Henri Cremieux (Dutrouz) ; Pamela Hart (Judith) ; Leslie North (Esther) ; Patrick Jeantet (Boubou) ; others. Agnès Varda, who supervised the restoration of this film, appears in the cameo role of a nun.

Language

In French with English subtitles.

Added Author

Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor, dancer.

Dorléac, Françoise, actor, dancer.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, actor.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, dancer.

Chakiris, George, actor, dancer.

Dale, Grover, actor, dancer.

Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017, performer.

Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022, performer.

Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, performer.

Hart, Pamela, performer.

Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019, editor of moving image work, performer.

Demy, Jacques, film director.

Demy, Jacques, screenwriter.

Demy, Jacques, lyricist.

Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer (expression)

Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, conductor.

Maen, Norman, choreographer.

Parc Film, production company.

Miramax Films, production company.

Ciné Tamaris (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5246