“Unfulfilled longing runs the circle ‘round in Jacques Demy’s enchanting, heartsick 1961 debut, a film in which — as the song goes — everybody needs somebody to love, even when they don’t love you back. To Demy, a poet of heartache, unrequited love remains an essential and inevitable element of the human condition; the most wonderful, horrible part of being alive.” – Crooked Marquee, 06/28/2024