Here’s an interesting, slightly offbeat review of The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) as part of the Criterion Collection, written in a voice that balances admiration, cultural critique, and playful irreverence.
To understand the film, one must first understand the context. In the mid-1960s, France was changing. The stifled conservatism of the post-war era was giving way to the revolutionary fervor that would explode in May 1968. Yet, in the port town of Rochefort (filmed on location), Demy saw not politics, but possibility. The Young Girls of Rochefort -1967- Criterion -...
