Virginie Ledoyen and Mathieu Demy (son of Jacques) costar in this 1998 French musical, which has been compared to the elder Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) in its mixture of a dreamlike atmosphere with social realism. Directed and written by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau; the original title is Jeanne et le garcon formidable. (JR)