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Jacques Demy's 1967 film The Young Girls of Rochefort Les demoiselles de Rochefort

In this piece, Rosenbaum explores the film's "giddy, indefatigable élan" and how it serves as a "tribute to Hollywood optimism" while remaining uniquely French. Key Insights from the Criterion Piece The Young Girls of Rochefort -1967- Criterion -...

Their mother, Yvonne (Danielle Darrieux), runs a café-cum-creperie and is still pining for the dashing man who left her years ago. Meanwhile, across town, a traveling American painter named Maxence (Jacques Perrin) has painted the portrait of his ideal woman—not knowing she lives just down the street. And a wily, cynical musical instrument seller named Simon Dame (Michel Piccoli) tries to play matchmaker, all while a murder subplot (yes, a murder subplot) involving a mysterious stranger (Gene Kelly!) lurks in the background. Jacques Demy's 1967 film The Young Girls of

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