The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Release Date: 1964-02-19
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.
Rating: 7.4 / 10
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
as Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
as Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon
as Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
as Tante Élise
Marc Michel
as Roland Cassard
Crew
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Anne-Marie Cotret - Editor
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Bernard Evein - Art Direction
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Monique Teisseire - Editor
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Jacques Demy - Director
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Jean Rabier - Director of Photography
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