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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Jacques Demy
  • Profile picture of Catherine Deneuve
    Geneviève Emery Catherine Deneuve
  • Profile picture of Nino Castelnuovo
    Guy Nino Castelnuovo
  • Profile picture of Anne Vernon
    Madame Emery Anne Vernon
  • Profile picture of Mireille Perrey
    Tante Élise Mireille Perrey
  • Profile picture of Marc Michel
    Roland Cassard Marc Michel
  • Profile picture of Ellen Farner
    Madeleine Ellen Farner
  • Profile picture of Jean Champion
    Aubin Jean Champion
  • Profile picture of Jean-Pierre Dorat
    Jean Jean-Pierre Dorat

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Keywords

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