For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting off with The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), one of the highest-rated French films and one of the highest-rated musicals on Letterboxd. It follows a pair of sisters who leave their hometown of Rochefort to find romance, which leads them to become carnival singers. Bizarre msical antics that may or may not have been fuelled by cocaine then ensue. Oh, and there’s an axe murderer on the loose. And Gene Kelly’s in it too? Okay, fine, we’ll check it out. This is arguably the magnum opus of director Jacques Demy, who also did The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), which we previously watched. It is currently ranked #142 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. After that is Haru (1996), a highly-acclaimed romance about a lonely Japanese pair who meet on an online movie forum and begin a relationship via email. Whoa! Crazy! On top of its Literally Us qualities, this movie is a prime 90s time capsule, being the first movie about internet romance. It is the best-known and best-regarded work of director Yoshimitsu Mira, who is otherwise not really known for anything in the West.
We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
Doesthedogdie.com links:
CWs for The Young Girls of Rochefort:
- French people.
- Singing.
- References to virginity.
- References to prostitution.
- References to sex.
- Violent mentally-ill person.
- Smoking.
- Alcohol abuse.
CWs for Haru:
- References to sex.
- References to prostitution.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Smoking.
- Stalking.
- Sexual harassment.
Links to movies:
Forthcoming. I have the files, and will upload shortly.