The movie “The Young Girls of Rochefort” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Feature in the 41st Academy Awards in 1969. Prior to The Young Girls of Rochefort, French director Jacques Demy’s previous work “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” had proved a great success. But with it being a purely sung cinematic opera, without any dance sequence, Demy vowed to shoot a “true” blockbuster musical!
In The Young Girls of Rochefort, French top actress Catherine Deneuve acts once again as the female lead–this time co-starring with her real life sister Françoise Dorléac to portray twin sisters. The Young Girls of Rochefort also invited Gene Kelly, the “Dance King” of Hollywood who starred in many musicals to make a cameo, thus realising an unprecedented cooperation between the two major musical powerhouses of Europe and America. Gorgeous colors and an amazing mise-en-scène resulted in this musical classic that deeply influenced later generations! French iconic musical composer Michel Jean Legrand, who tragically passed on at the beginning of this year, was nominated for an Academy Award for his score, turning The Young Girls of Rochefort into one of his best known works.
The story centers on twin sisters Delphine (Deneuve) and Solange (Dorléac). Delphine teaches ballet classes and Solange gives music lessons, but each longs to find an ideal love. When the carnival comes to town, it also brings the men of their dreams. However, although the town is small, the two sisters always miss their dreamboats… Now, at the end of the carnival, can each of them finally meet their ideal love? The movie is directed by Jacques Demy, has 128 minutes and Chinese and English subtitles
When: Friday, 7:30pm, May 3, 2019
Where: Albergue SCM, 8 Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro, Macau
How much: Free admission
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