The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · directed by Jacques Demy
- Rating
- 87/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- Palme d'Or
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.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), directed by Jacques Demy, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve
- Nino Castelnuovo
- Anne Vernon
- Mireille Perrey
- Marc Michel
- Ellen Farner
- Jean Champion
- Jean-Pierre Dorat
- Harald Wolff
- Pierre Caden
Crew
- Jean Rabier — Director of Photography
- Anne-Marie Cotret — Editor
- Monique Teisseire — Editor
- Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer
- Jacques Demy — Screenplay
- Jacques Demy — Writer
More from Jacques Demy
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) — 85/100 · hit
- Lola (1961) — 77/100
- Donkey Skin (1970) — 74/100
- Bay of Angels (1963) — 74/100
- Model Shop (1969) — 73/100
- A Room in Town (1982) — 65/100
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