The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Visit website7.4/10 • 760
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 • 760
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
View CreditsCatherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Pierre Caden
Bernard
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $7.00
- Revenue
- --
- Keywords
- car mechanicletternormandy, francemusicalsingleumbrella1950s1960scherbourg, france