THE YOUNG GIRLS TURN 25

THE YOUNG GIRLS TURN 25 (LES DEMOISELLES ONT EU 25 ANS), 1992
France | DCP, Color, 63' | French
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Agnès Varda, Michel Legrand

After her husband Jacques Demy passes away in 1991, Agnès Varda directs this film by bringing together the main characters of Demy’s film The Young Girls of Rochefort, as a celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary. Launched with the sentence “The memory of happiness may be happiness itself”, the film incorporates footage from the summer of 1966, when Demy was shooting his film with footage from the 25^th year celebrations in Rochefort that portray a melancholic and joyful attitude. But more importantly, the film is first and foremost an expression of Varda’s love for her late husband.