The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Starring:
- Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jacques Demy
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery (a luminous Catherine Deneuve), 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 (Marc Michel, reprising his role from Demy's masterful debut, Lola). A completely sung movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is closest in form to a cinematic opera. Composer Michel Legrand composed the score, modeling it around the patterns of everyday conversation. Umbrellas was re-released in 1997. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 92 mins
Complete Cast of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Catherine Deneuve - Genevieve Emery
- Anne Vernon - Madame Emery
- Ellen Farner - Madeleine
- Harald Wolff - Dubourg
- Jean Champion - Aubin
- Nino Castelnuovo - Guy
- Marc Michel - Roland Cassard
- Mireille Perrey - Aunt Elise
- Rosalie Varda - Francoise Cassard
- Dorothée Blanc - Girl in Cafe
- Director(s):
- Jacques Demy
- Writer(s):
- Jacques Demy
- Producer(s):
- Mag Bodard, Gilbert de Goldschmidt
- Categories:
- Romance, Independent Films
- 1964 - Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix
- 1963 - French Film Critics Circle - Prix Louis-Delluc
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