Model Shop (film)

Model Shop
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Demy
Written by
Produced byJacques Demy
Starring
CinematographyMichel Hugo
Edited byWalter Thompson
Music bySpirit
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 February 1969 (1969-02-11) (New York City)
  • 1 April 1969 (1969-04-01) (United States)
  • 14 May 1969 (1969-05-14) (France)
Running time
97 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • France[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[2]

Model Shop is a 1969 romantic drama film written, directed and produced by Jacques Demy, starring Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood and Alexandra Hay, and featuring a guest appearance by Spirit who recorded the accompanying soundtrack. Demy made Model Shop, which was his first English-language film, following the international success of his film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). Aimée reprises the title role from Demy's 1961 French-language film Lola.

Model Shop makes explicit the fact that Demy's films take place in the same narrative universe. It weaves together the plots of Lola, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Bay of Angels (1963).

  1. ^ "Model Shop". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ^ Thomas, Kevin (21 July 1968). "Demy, Anouk Meet Again—In L.A., of All Places". Los Angeles Times. p. c14.