The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

Directed by Jacques Demy1h 33mDrama,Romance

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.

Rated
PG-13
Year
1964
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
19 February 1964
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Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
M
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Jean Champion
Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
H
Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
P
Pierre Caden
Bernard
B
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
M
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Philippe Dumat
Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
J
Jane Carat
Ginny
Danielle Licari
Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
J
José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
Georges Blaness
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
C
Claudine Meunier
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
C
Claire Leclerc
Tante Élise (singing voice)
Patrick Bricard
Patrick Bricard
Waiter (uncredited)
J
Jacques Camelinat
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
F
François Charet
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
J
Jean-Pierre Chizat
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
B
Bernard Garnier
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Gisèle Grandpré
Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
H
Hervé Legrand
François Foucher (uncredited)
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
M
Myriam Michelson
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
Paul Pavel
First Removal Man (uncredited)
R
Roger Perrinoz
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Rosalie Varda
Rosalie Varda
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)

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