The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Visit website7.4/10 • 814
1964-02-19 • 1h 32m
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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.
- Directors
- Jacques Demy
- Writters
- Jacques Demy
- Editors
- Monique Teisseire
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Visit website1964-02-19 • 1h 32m
7.4/10 • 814
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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.
- Directors
- Jacques Demy
- Writters
- Jacques Demy
- Editors
- Monique Teisseire
Top Billed Cast
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Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $200,000.00
- Revenue
- $7,600,000.00
- Keywords
- car mechanicletternormandy, francemusicalsingleumbrella1950s1960ssombercherbourg, franceearnest