Introduction: 'Un demi, Jacques, bien frais, avec de la mousse': background and early filmmaking 1. Jacques Demy, the Nouvelle Vague and beyond 2. Melodic reconfigurations: Demy's musicals 3. Fantasy and its disenchantments: fairytale, fable and myth in the Demy-monde 4. Gender and sexuality in the Demy-monde 5. Mythologising Demy Concluding remarks Filmography Select bibliography Index sakriti opis