Elements of Cinema Series: The Young Girls of Rochefort

Enter the candy-colored dreamland of Sixties French cinema with director Jacques Demy’s musical film The Young Girls of Rochefort. Charming twins Delphine and Solange (Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac) long to leave the tiny seaside town of Rochefort to pursue fame and romance. The girls get the perfect escape opportunity when two handsome strangers come to town, bringing with them a carnival in need of two Enter the candy-colored dreamland of Sixties French cinema with director Jacques Demy’s musical film The Young Girls of Rochefort. Charming twins Delphine and Solange (Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac) long to leave the tiny seaside town of Rochefort to pursue fame and romance. The girls get the perfect escape opportunity when two handsome strangers come to town, bringing with them a carnival in need of two singers. See the 1967 film for free on Aug. 29 as part of the Elements of Cinema series at the Brattle Theatre, where MIT associate professor of French studies Catherine Clark will be on hand for a post-screening discussion.  / Cathryn Haight