The Young Girls of Rochefort

Ben Mankiewicz Intro — The Young Girls Of Rochefort (1967)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.

Jacques Demy directs, his screenplay and lyrics and music by Michel Legrand, a tune performed partly by Solange (Francoise Dorleac), collecting her young brother, but mostly by dazzled American Andy (Gene Kelly), his vocal dubbed in French, in The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.

The fascinating opening, with the American dance troupe led by George Chakiris and Grover Dale, arriving in the real town of Rochefort, Jacques Demy directing from his screenplay, music by Michel Legrand, in the New Wave/Hollywood hybrid musical The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.

From opening scenes on location on the square in Rochefort, director Jacques Demy has swooped into a studio where twins (and real-life sisters) Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac have just finished a class, song by Demy and Michel Legrand, in The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.

Shooting on the genuine location, Americans George Chakiris and Grover Dale observe as cafe owner Danielle Darrieux and daughter Genevieve Thenier greet Jacques Perrin as sailor Maxence, song by director Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand, in The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.

Back on the square (on location in the actual town), American troupers and girlfriends Pamela Hart, the co-choreographer, and Leslie North, inform their boyfriends and employers (George Chakiris, Grover Dale) that they’re moving on, in Jacques Demy’s The Young Girls Of Rochefort, 1967.