The Criterion Break - Episode 46 - Two Musicals from Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort)

This week, The Break is back! On this episode of The Criterion Break, we briefly chat about two recent Criterion titles that played the State Theatre in Sioux Falls, Fantastic Planet and My Own Private Idaho. We then dive into this week’s feature as we take a look at two musicals from the mind of French filmmaker, Jacques Demy. First on the list, the pastel melancholy of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, followed by the candy-coated confection that is The Young Girls of Rochefort. Find out just how dazzled we were by these incredible films!

Blake can be found on Letterboxd @therealjohng and on Instagram @blakeg_5150 Derrick can be found on Instagram AND Letterboxd @dervdude.

Follow Fat Dude Digs Flicks across social media:
Facebook - Fat Dude Digs Flicks
Instagram - FatDudeDigsFlicks
Twitter - FatDudeFlicks
TikTok - FatDudeDigsFlicks
Letterboxd - FatDudeFlicks


Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Goodpods, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search for Fat Dude Digs Flicks and click on that subscribe button. Please take a second to rate and review the show, while you’re at it!

Subscribe to the Fat Dude Digs Flicks YouTube channel and send a thumbs up or two my way!


If you’d like to contact me for any recommendations, questions, comments, concerns, or to be a future guest, you can send an email to FatDudeDigsFlicks@gmail.com.