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The Young Girls of Rochefort
Why this pick
Demy returns to exquisitely composed pastel streets and music-led romantic longing, but gives the chance encounters and missed timing a more buoyant, sunlit rhythm.
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MOVIE1964 1h 31m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Madame Emery and her daughter Geneviève sell umbrellas at their little boutique in the coastal town of Cherbourg in Normandy, France. Geneviève is in love with Guy, a handsome young auto mechanic who lives with and cares for his sickly aunt and godmother Elise along with her quiet, dedicated, care-giver, Madeleine, a young woman who clearly loves Guy. Subsequently, though, Guy is drafted, and must leave to fight in the Algerian War.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Émery
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise