Special screening: The Young Girls of Rochefort by Jacques Demy

SPECIAL SCREENING of French musical The Young Girls of Rochefort by Jacques Demy in Battery Park to celebrate Hermione Voyage. Presented by the Cultural Services | French Embassy in the US, the Région Poitou-Charentes , New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and The Battery Conservancy. "Certainly the best musical in some time." - the New York Times LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT Directed by Jacques Demy With Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Gene Kelly 1967 | G | musical | 2h00 | France | Janus Films The Garnier girls are fraternal twins, alike in spirit through not identical in looks. Ethereal blonde Delphine (Deneuve) is a dance instructor and redheaded Solange (Dorléac) a music teacher. The sisters, while far from unhappy in their port town of Rochefort, pine after dreams of romantic love and musical careers, and hope to someday go to Paris to fulfill their ambitions. Film in French with English subtitles FREE and open to the public