This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella… Read more
92% ★★★★★ (228,750)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Movie · Drama · Romance · PG-13
1964 · 1h 33m · ★ 92% (229K)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon
Overview
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Director
Jacques Demy
Production
Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Beta Film
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Harald Wolff, Pierre Caden, Bernard Fradet, Michel Benoist, Philippe Dumat, Dorothée Blanck, Jane Carat, Danielle Licari, José Bartel, Christiane Legrand, Georges Blaness, Claudine Meunier