The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

★7.4·00·1964·1h 33m
Drama·Romance

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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Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Nino Castelnuovo Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon
Anne Vernon Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Marc Michel Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Ellen Farner Madeleine
Jean Champion
Jean Champion Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean-Pierre Dorat Jean
Harald Wolff Monsieur Dubourg
Pierre Caden Bernard

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A film for all the young lovers of the world.

★7.4· 1964· 1h 33m· Drama, Romance

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.

Release date19 Feb 1964
DirectorJacques Demy
LanguageFR
StatusReleased

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