

The real stars? The pastel umbrellas and Gene Kelly's ego.
Six-part documentary on the making of Jacques Demy's 'Le demoiselles de Rochefort'
Production
That candy-colored town they literally built
Acting
Dorléac and Deneuve: sisters being sisters
Practical Effects
Gene Kelly learning French phonetically

Director
André Delvaux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gene Kelly only agreed to star because he'd fallen in love with French cinema during his WWII service.
This production basically invented the 'magical realist small town' aesthetic that Amélie would steal 35 years later.
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