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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964 · 93 min · Drama, Romance · ★ 7.4

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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Cast

  • Catherine Deneuve
    Geneviève Emery
  • Nino Castelnuovo
    Guy Foucher
  • Anne Vernon
    Madame Emery
  • Mireille Perrey
    Tante Élise
  • Marc Michel
    Roland Cassard
  • Ellen Farner
    Madeleine

Crew

  • Producer · Mag Bodard
  • Producer · Gilbert de Goldschmidt
  • Director · Jacques Demy
  • Screenplay · Jacques Demy
  • Producer · Pierre Lazareff

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