The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964/02/19 • $200,000 • Released • French
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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.
Director : Jacques Demy
Casts
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
Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
Patrick Bricard
Waiter (uncredited)
Jacques Demy
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
Michel Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
First Removal Man (uncredited)
Rosalie Varda
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)
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