Directors: Jacques Demy et ses amis
The bard of the French New Wave, and the creative and life partner of Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy is perhaps best known for his musicals, including the iconic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which blend romance, fantasy, and magic with a dose of melancholy reality.
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
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- France • 2008
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
The World of Jacques Demy
(L'Univers de Jacques Demy)
Agnès Varda’s documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy.
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- France, Belgium, Spain • 1995
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, Anouk Aimée, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Perrin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films
Jacquot de Nantes
The origins of artist Jacques Demy as shown through the lens of the inimitable Agnès Varda.
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- France • 1991
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Brigitte De Villepoix, Daniel Dublet, Clément Delaroche
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Room in Town
(Une chambre en ville)
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
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- France • 1982
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Dominique Sanda, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli, Fabienne Guyon, Anna Gaylor, Jean-François Stévenin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Donkey Skin
(Peau d'âne)
Cinderella's fairy godmother helped her get married. Hers will help her get out of it.
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- France • 1970
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Fernand Ledoux, Micheline Presle
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Model Shop
A destitute architect becomes entranced with Lola, a beautiful Frenchwoman working in a "model shop."
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- United States, France • 1969
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Gary Lockwood, Anouk Aimée, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole, Tom Holland, Severn Darden
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort)
They're singing and dancing in the streets.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Les parapluies de Cherbourg)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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- France, West Germany • 1964
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Bay of Angels
(La Baie des Anges)
Love is a game of chance.
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- France • 1963
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, Nicole Chollet, André Certes
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Lust
(La Luxure)
Two friends, Paul and Bernard, examine the painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" in search of a definition of lust.
- • 1962
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Jean Desailly, Micheline Presle, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Corinne Marchand
- Genre Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Lola
A chance encounter with Lola has Roland falling in love, but she may not return his feelings.
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- Italy, France • 1961
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette, Margo Lion
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Dead Horizons
(Les Horizons Morts)
A man alone in his crumbling apartment recalls being left by his girlfriend for another man, and struggles to overcome his broken heart.
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- France • 1951
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Jacques Demy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel