The Young Girls of Rochefort [Les Demoiselles de Rochefort]

Jacques Demy (director, screenwriter)
Helene Jeanbrau (photographer)
Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Francoise Dorleac (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1967. Collection of seven vintage reference photographs, six borderless, on the set of the 1967 film, featuring director Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Gene Kelly, and Michel Piccoli. Five with "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" stamps, four with photographer "Helene Jeanbrau" stamps, two with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "Jean-Pierre Berthome," one with a provenance stamp of French screenwriter and director "Jacques Becker," and one with a French "National Film Archive" stamp, all on versos.

In search of love, two sisters leave their small hometown and begin working as traveling carnival singers. Director Jacques Demy's charming follow-up to his 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," which also starred Deneuve.

Nominated for an Academy Award

Shot on location in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France.

1) 6.5 x 4.75 inches, 1) 9 x 6.75 inches, 2) 9.25 x 7 inches, 1) 9.5 x 7.25 inches, 1) 10.75 x 7.25, and 1) 10.25 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

BFI 1361. Criterion Collection 717. Rosenbaum 1000.


[Book #151009]