French New Wave director Jacques Demy is best known for the dreamlike worlds of color and youth he created with films like UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG and THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT. Collaborating with composer Michel Legrand, Demy distinguished himself from his European peers by carving a musical niche out of the film movements of the 1960s. These seven meticulous restorations from Janus Films of his most beloved films renew the Technicolor splash of great works like UNE CHAMBRE DE VILLE – not to mention the perennial beauty of frequent star Catherine Deneuve.
Showcasing the director’s skill at multiple genres, the other films in this survey of Demy’s work include a wild romp in black and white (LOLA), a non-musical drama (BAY OF ANGELS), a bizarre and adroit political satire (A SLIGHTLY PREGNANT MAN), and a fairy-tale fantasy (DONKEY SKIN). All are films from an artist of unique vision that still demand to be on the big screen. Also included is THE WORLD OF JACQUES DEMY, a documentary by his wife, Agnes Varda.
