The young girls of Rochefort Les demoiselles de Rochefort

DVD 2017

Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher, dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape.

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More in this Genre:

Comedy films Feature films Fiction films Foreign films Motion pictures, French Musical films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 717 Criterion collection ; 717 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681432953

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (126 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 surround
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome
NTSC

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Demoiselles de Rochefort
Demoiselles de Rochefort (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967
Special features: French television interview from 1966 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer, Michel Legrand discussing the music for the film; conversation from 2014 between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau; episode from behind the screen, a 1966 series about the making of the film; Agnès Varda's 1993 documentary "The young girls turn 25"; Trailer; an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Title from container
Choreographer, Norman Maen ; cinematography, Ghislain Cloquet ; production designer, Bernard Evein ; music written and directed by Michel Legrand ; editor, Jean Hamon ; costumes, Jacqueline Moreau, Marie Claude Fouquet
Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorleac, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Riberolles, Grover Dale, Geneviève Thénier, Henri Cremieux, Pamela Hart, Leslie North, Patrick Jeantet, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
For private home use only
French dialogue; English subtitles

Control Number:

2101406

UPC:

715515197113

Other Authors:

Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019, presenter, film producer
Chakiris, George, actor
Ciné Tamaris (Firm), production company
Cloquet, Ghislain, director of photography
Crémieux, Henri, 1896-1980, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Dale, Grover, actor
Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017, actor
Demy, Jacques, film director, screenwriter
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor
Dorléac, Françoise, actor
Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006, production designer
Fouquet, Marie Claude, costume designer
Goldschmidt, Gilbert de, presenter, film producer
Hamon, Jean, film editor
Janus Films, production company
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, actor
Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer (expression)
Madeleine Films, production company
Maen, Norman, 1932-2008, choreographer
Moreau, Jacqueline, 1929- costume designer
Parc Film (Firm), production company
Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022, actor
Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, actor

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