Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance teacher and a music teacher respectively (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), yearn for big-city life; when a fair passes through their quiet harbour town, the chance to escape opens up. With its jazzy music by Michel Legrand, pastel costumes and exceptional cast, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from the greatest dreamer of 1960s French cinema.