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Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE1967 2h 4m FRA

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Its buoyant musical passages, female friendship, and decades-spanning romantic optimism echo Rochefort’s warmth, while Varda brings a looser, more intimate New Wave playfulness.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close...

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Delphine Garnier

Françoise Dorléac

Françoise Dorléac

Solange Garnier

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Yvonne Garnier

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Simon Dame

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Andy Miller

Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

Maxence

George Chakiris

Étienne

Grover Dale

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