The Young Girls of Rochefort - RARE clip of English language version 

Actually, their voices are over dubbed by Susy Allen and Jackie Ward. The sisters clearly are mouthing the words, though.

There is an "official" english version, the movie was filmed twice in two different languages, but the english version was never released publicly, even if it exists somewhere, probably owned by Demy's children I think the english dialogues were written by Demy like the french ones

@@laouen Each shot in every song scene was shot twice, but the dialogue scenes were shot only in French, dubbed in English later.

It is a fucking masterpiece. Very very few films make me happy ti be alive (I am happy to be alive in general) but films are mainly meh- but this is simply awesome. Was lucky to find it after being recommended Umbrellas of Cheebourg

@@danielwilliams1062 😀…I liked ‘Umbrellas” quite a bit too, but IMO it doesn’t touch “Rochefort”… but you nailed it. It’s one of the few films that makes me almost supernaturally joyful. EVERYTHING about it just ‘locks in’. There’s a marvelous documentary on the making of the movie probably on RU-vid. I need to re-up on all of it. It’s been a while!

Yes, all the singing scenes were shot twice, with the singers miming French then English lyrics. Quite amazing.

Well, it was a really good decision according to the fact that when you try to put the english audio on the french recording... Well, nothing matches lol

Yes, it's a favourite film of mine!

Was it this version in English?

It’s better to watch the French version, even without understanding French, providing one knows the story. Rather like watching opera.

@@GH-oi2jf sure, but the film was built with this version in mind as well. It'd be nice to hear Gene Keloly performing, for one. Plus from a film history and research standpoint it's cool.

It is logic it is the original version of wonderfull movie of Jacques Demy !!!

David Maxfield I’ll always prefer the French version too , but that this English even EXISTS? WTF? I had NO fucking idea....You DO realize that they LITERALLY had to do the EXACT same choreographed sequence filmed in EXACTLY the same way for the English version, right? The charm of Jacques Demi’s Camp meets art duplicated EXACTLY just for English speaking audiences....This movie CONTINUES to break my heart every time I watch it. And I’ve watched it HUNDREDS of times......How cool is this find? Seriously....If there. Is a version of Maxence singing his beautiful ballad In English I might just expire from the sweetness of it. And I’m not even gay!

I like the French version better, too, but it has nothing to do with the lip movements not synching with what the characters are saying. Foreign films seldom synch their dialogues. In fact, half of the time we're not even hearing the voice of the actors. We're getting the voice of some actor who dubbed the voice of who we're watching.

..and I would love to have a weekendwith salma Hayek!

Rest in peace Francoise Dorléac.

Gene Kelly in les demoiselles de rochefort

Great to sing a comment from you . I know you are such a great singer. You sang for one of the supporting actresses in the film if I’m not wrong? Did you sing for other actresses in films or television?

@@CineKarine thanks for your comment -- I sang a word or two for someone, as I recall, but nothing major! We scored on the Fox scoring stage as I recall, and I was part of the vocal ensemble.I never really got into "dubbing" for an actress though that would have been lots of fun. I've done many solos for film scores - in the earlier days, when the breathy, soft, scary voice seemed to be the thing. For Klute (Michael Small, composer) for Dirty Harry, The President's Analyst, The Fox, Cool Hand Luke (Lalo Shiflin composer) . I sang a lullabye used also as the End Title in Secret of Nimh for Jerry Goldsmith, and a "theramin" sound for Looney Tunes: Back in Action, also for Jerry.. Other films where maybe the composer used a high, floaty obligato. And Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid - did solos in that underscore with Burt Bacharach. And Most Recently, I sang and was choral director of all things, for Deadpool2~! First time I ever gave a cut-off to a choir on the phrase "You can't stop this mother-f----er", for Composer Tyler Bates!

Do you have any copy of the English version of this film?

Catherine Deneuve et sa sœur étaient doublées. Elles n’ont pas chantees

@@nikys14 chanté *

Do you know the names of the cinemas or TV channels it was shown on? Thanks

Sorry I'm french and it's so horrible this version in english....

The riming subtitles and the sung English lyrics are actually different.

when Imfree hahahaha. Great minds think alike. I asked literally the same questionthat there’s an above. And as great as it is, my fave is Les Marins. Love to see that too in English. The French will always be better, but as someone totally obsessed with this movie, the whole NOTION that there’s a LITERAL non-overdubbed English version out there is astoundingly seductive

In french it makes sense because "jumelles" (twins) is the feminine version of "gémeaux" which means "gemini" and "twins" (masculine version) in the same time.

it’s sad to see that many of the negative reviews of the film were due in large part to the fact that most critics only saw the now lost English version. I wonder what Pauline Kael would think of the original French version

I taped it from TV many years ago..

@@rochefortclips79 Please upload the whole film somewhere? love the english audio version!

@@rochefortclips79 Hey! This is great. Do you have the whole thing?

​@@rochefortclips79Hello! I understand that this is a private tape, but I am doing a lot of research on this film for an essay (I'm a film student) and if it was possible to have a link to this, even in private, to see it, it would be a tremendous help. I don't know where else I could ever find it. I'm willing to compensate you if that's necessary, but if you still have the tape or a digital version of it, it would genuinely change my life to get to watch it. Thank you in advance.

I'll be meeting Mr. Chakiris in November at a Nostalgia convention. I'll ask him!

Well I met George Chakiris and he told me they filmed the French and English versions of the movie at the same time but he's never seen the English version. He told me Francoise was a lovely woman who enjoyed life so much. I forgot to ask about if his own voice was used in The English version of the movie.. sorry!

@@helanesolomon1724 Glad you met him, he's a wonderful man 💖

That's a bummer cause that version is impossible to find on the internet

Wow, how did you get a copy?

@@jemstar63 I was a major collector of 16mm and 35mm films in the seventies and early eighties.

Desafortunadamente está perdida, solo se tienen algunos clips

It seemed they did an English version. Deneuve is fluent in English and I recognize her voice.

They did an English version, and it is interesting because the voices are different in the English version than the singers who dubbed the French version (it is well-known that the only person in the movie who ended up not being dubbed was Danielle Darrieux). They must have used different singers to dub the English version.

Exactly! @Barbara A. you cannot recognize Deneuve's voice here; it's nowhere to be heard. She's "rather" fluent in English, but her accent is very thick. THIS is the English version of the film, i.e. the dialogues are dubbed (the beginning of the scene is the same as the French version, only dubbed) and then all the songs were shot both in French and in English but the Dorleac sisters never sang, in English nor in French. Even Gene Kelly was dubbed! BTW, I have been looking for this FOREVER: where can I find the WHOLE THING? Pretty please?

So was the entire film filmed twice? I don't remember this being mentioned in the documentary on the film (though it's been a long time since I've seen that...) Fascinating. Also, and maybe this is just because, while bilingual, I am primarily anglo, but it's weird how, to me, this feels just so much more natural in French.

Only the musical numbers were filmed twice. Firstly with the actors miming to the songs in French, then filmed again with the actors miming to songs in English sung by American voice actors. The dialogue scenes are different as they weren't reshot in English. They use the original French language footage which was then later dubbed into English using the American voice actors. This means the actor's mouths only match when they sing and not when they speak. This can be seen in the above clip. None of the French actor's real voices were used in this version. This includes Deneuve, and also Darrieux who was an English speaker and did her own singing in the French version, but here they are both dubbed completely by American voice actors. I've uploaded another clip showing Darrieux. Although it has been stated elsewhere that Gene Kelly had his English singing dubbed by another actor, this is only partially true. Kelly does his own speaking and singing in the film, except in one song when his singing is momentarily dubbed by another actor for a few seconds then changes back to Kelly's voice again. I've read that this occurred as he found some of the singing too high so another actor briefly sang for him, something we was allegedly none too happy about.

Yes. The English speaking actors use their own voices for the English version. Except for one strange moment where Gene Kelly’s voice changes to another actor, and them back again.

@@rochefortclips79 Do you have more clips? This movie is lost

would like to know aswell, although it seems it's original

@ YM Tengku Faizal Greg Do you mean the theme that ends at 0:48 ?

Pahang Royalty?

Why, hello there, kind stranger...

@@TylerHartman My job here is done

@@richardglocester9598 Lmao

Herve, j'habite en Australie...je parle Anglais...mais "Gem-er-knee"?? Une frappe sur les oreilles!!!

Hervé S le nom des notes ensuite ;)

La version anglaise est au contraire excellente. Les paroles sont très drôles et très bien écrites.

Anastasia Beaverhausen There's is an interview of her in those years saying she did not know any dancing she had to learn very quickly

Nor she sing adequately. For "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and this movie, her singing voice was dubbed by someone else. As much as I like her as an actress, and she is the formidable type, let's be real - Demy only got her for star power. (It was typical of the time; even now, it still applies.)

I have the same problem. Women like me only for my good looks; not for my singing and dancing abilities. Except my wife who likes me only for my Kamasutra skills.

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