The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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(786 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Germany

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

92 minutes

Year:

1964

Director:

Jacques Demy

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Company:

Parc Film,

Madeleine Films,

Beta Film

Cast:
Catherine Deneuve

Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo

Guy

Anne Vernon

Madame Emery

Mireille Perrey

Tante Élise

Marc Michel

Roland Cassard

Crew:
Jacqueline Moreau

Costume Design

Anne-Marie Cotret

Editor

Bernard Evein

Art Direction

Mag Bodard

Producer

Gilbert de Goldschmidt

Producer