The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
“A film for all the young lovers of the world.”
Released: 1964PLOT
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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DIRECTOR
Jacques Demy
WRITERS
- Jacques Demy - Jacques Demy
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Actors
Catherine DeneuveGeneviève Emery
Nino CastelnuovoGuy Foucher
Anne VernonMadame Emery
Mireille PerreyTante Élise
Marc MichelRoland Cassard
Ellen FarnerMadeleine
Jean ChampionAubin
Jean-Pierre DoratJean
Harald WolffMonsieur Dubourg
Pierre CadenBernardBernard FradetGas Station ApprenticeMichel BenoistUmbrella Buyer
Philippe DumatGarage Customer in 1957
Dorothée BlanckGirl in CafeJane CaratGinny
Danielle LicariGeneviève Emery (singing voice)José BartelGuy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane LegrandMadame Emery (singing voice)
Georges BlanessRoland Cassard (singing voice)Claudine MeunierMadeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)Claire LeclercTante Élise (singing voice)
Patrick BricardWaiter (uncredited)Jacques CamelinatGarage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)François CharetMechanic in 1959 (uncredited)Jean-Pierre ChizatPierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Jacques DemyLe client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)Bernard GarnierMechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Gisèle GrandpréMadame Germaine (uncredited)Hervé LegrandFrançois Foucher (uncredited)
Michel LegrandJean (singing voice) (uncredited)Myriam MichelsonGirl in Cafe (uncredited)
Paul PavelFirst Removal Man (uncredited)Roger PerrinozCafe Owner (uncredited)
Rosalie VardaFrançoise Cassard (uncredited)
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