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Films met de tag 'Jacques Demy'

Peau d’âne

Peau d’âne

 Director: Jacques Demy (1970)
A king (wealthy thanks to his banker donkey) falls in love with his daughter because he’d promised his dying wife that he would only marry a woman more beautiful than she was…
Thanks to the tricks and ploys of her godmother, the Lilac Fairy, his daughter resists his advances. She demands extraordinary dresses [...]

Lola

Lola

 Director: Jacques Demy (1961)
At the peak of the French New Wave in 1961, one of the most beloved French directors, Jacques Demy, made this film—a prequel to his masterpiece Umbrellas of Cherbourg. The reappearance of a beautiful woman from a young man’s past brings a swirl of nostalgia, regret, romantic hope and melancholy, a rich [...]

Les demoiselles de Rochefort

Les demoiselles de Rochefort

 Director: Jacques Demy (1967)
Romance begins busting out all over in Rochefort. A fair is being organized, giving the town an air of excitement and effervescence. Twin sisters Delphine, a dance teacher, and Solange, a pianist and a composer, dream of making it big in the world of music. The sisters, like many in Rochefort, including [...]

Les parapluies de Cherbourg

Les parapluies de Cherbourg

 Director: Jacques Demy (1964)
In the innovative film THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, Jacques Demy pays loving homage to the Hollywood musical as well as the French melodrama. The film is shot in Cherbourg, France, using inventive cinematography and blazing colors and textures. Local life is rendered in pink, orange, green, and blue. Wallpapers and umbrella patterns, [...]



 

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