peculiarfish, that's a great pick. Chantal Goya, the nice young lady who plays the role of the young pop singer was a real young pop singer in France at the time. Check out:

members.tripod.com

.. which also covers in (serious) detail, other key figures of the yé-yé sound, "classic pop songs with a French twist."

Albeit in French, this site features a Jukebox covering the same territory as well:

www.popmeter.com

Word to the French people! Doing it with style.

anybody know the movie "Masculin Féminin" by Jean-Luc Godard? its excellent btw and if you like Nouvelle Vague, then you should definately check out this movie. these girls sound like the lead girl singer pop star in the movie. nice album ... addictive, it keeps looping on my player ...

www.imdb.com