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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Drama Romance

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

Release Date: 1964, February 19
Directors: Jacques Demy
Countries: Germany, France
Production: Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Madeleine Films, Madeleine Films, Beta Film, Beta Film, Beta Film
Cast: Nino Castelnuovo, Marc Michel, Philippe Dumat, Paul Pavel, Catherine Deneuve, Dorothée Blanck, Jean Champion, Bernard Garnier, Georges Blaness, Roger Perrinoz, Danielle Licari, Gisèle Grandpré

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

musical 1950s letter 1960s somber earnest single normandy, france car mechanic umbrella cherbourg, france