The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
France • 1964 • 1h 32m
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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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorJacques Demy
WriterJacques Demy, Jacques Demy
CinematographerJean Rabier
ComposerMichel Legrand
ProducerMag Bodard, Gilbert de Goldschmidt, Pierre Lazareff
Cast
Catherine Deneuveas Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovoas Guy Foucher