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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

19641h 33mDrama · Romance
directed by Jacques Demy

“A film for all the young lovers of the world.”

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7.4 / 10
894 votes
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7.8 / 10
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86 / 100
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97%

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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.

Cast

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