You cannot talk about Demoiselles without mentioning the late, great Michel Legrand. While his score for Umbrellas of Cherbourg is all through-sung opera, Demoiselles is pure, uncut pop.
Every song is a hook machine. From the breezy title track to the melancholic waltz of "Chanson des Jumelles" (Song of the Twins), the music swings. It borrows from West Coast jazz, 60s bossa nova, and big band brass. You will find yourself humming "Nous voyageons de ville en ville" days later, even if you don't speak a word of French. It is the sound of summer distilled into sheet music. les demoiselles de rochefort 1967 best
In the pantheon of movie musicals, a few titles are automatically cited as the "best": Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, and West Side Story. Yet, nestled in the sun-drenched summer of 1967, Jacques Demy released a film that, for sheer joy, technical brilliance, and emotional resonance, rivals them all. That film is Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (known in English as The Young Girls of Rochefort). Rapport : Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) —
For decades, the question of "the best" musical has been dominated by Hollywood. But for cinephiles and dancers alike, the answer is increasingly found in this French candy-colored masterpiece. So, why does the argument for Les Demoiselles de Rochefort 1967 best hold so much weight? Let’s break down the choreography, the score, the casting miracle, and the bittersweet soul hiding beneath the pastel paint. While his score for Umbrellas of Cherbourg is
Françoise Dorléac, the older sister of Catherine Deneuve, died in a car accident just months after the film’s release. She was 25. Watching Les Demoiselles today, every smile she gives — especially during the carnival sequence — carries a ghostly weight. Her performance as Solange (the ambitious, slightly cynical sister) is the film’s best performance: more raw than Deneuve’s porcelain Delphine. The film ends with the sisters driving off toward Paris, singing of love and success. We know they never arrive. That gap between on-screen joy and off-screen fate elevates the musical from mere escapism to profound, heartbreaking art.
