The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

1964-02-19

Country

France, Germany

Production

Beta Film, Parc Film, Madeleine Films

Genre

Drama, Romance

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Revenue

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Director

Jacques Demy

Actors

Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Jean Champion, Pierre Caden, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Bernard Fradet
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Scenario

Jacques Demy

Producer

Gilbert de Goldschmidt, Mag Bodard, Pierre Lazareff

Operator

Jean Rabier

Composer

Michel Legrand

Artist

Jean Didenot

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Editing

Anne-Marie Cotret, Monique Teisseire
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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.

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