Die Mädchen von Rochefort (1967)

Die Mädchen von Rochefort: Directed by Jacques Demy. With Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin. Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.

“This film often suffers by comparison to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and unfairly so in my opinion. Because it is more upbeat, and delights directly in its status as an entertainment, it is perceived as less u0026quot;seriousu0026quot;, (i.e. lacking in intellectual rigor.) However, it shares all of the virtues of its more celebrated sister film without the heavier taste of melancholy and I think Les Demoiselles is dancier. Even the basketball players are choreographed. The iterations of the twinsu0026#39; song are especially fun.”