The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · TMDB 7.4 · Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Directed by Jacques Demy
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.
Why it matters
Jacques Demy introduces vibrant pastel styling, Michel Legrand's jazz score, and a bittersweet romantic realism where love does not conquer all.
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Released
- 1964-02-19
- Studio
- Parc Film
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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