"In a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens."
So says Selma in Dancer in the Dark, a darkly ironic line, given that film's subject. So I had to follow it up with a film that lived up to that line, and gosh darn it, Jacques Demy's joyous musical does that in spades. And hearts.
A celebration of the Hollywood musical yet an outstanding film in its own right, with delightful music from Michel Legrand (he even cheekily namechecks himself in one…