Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Jean RabierComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Jacques Demy, Paul Pavel, Dorothée Blanck, Ellen Farner, Michel Legrand, Philippe Dumat (more)VOD (5)
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Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery (Catherine Deneuve), 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 (Marc Michel). A completely sung movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is closest in form to a cinematic opera. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Nino Castelnuovo
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
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Anne Vernon
France
Best movies:
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Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
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Marc Michel
Switzerland
Best movies:
Le Trou (1960)
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Jacques Demy
France
Best movies:
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Paul Pavel
France
Best movies:
Le Trou (1960)
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Les Misérables (1982)
Dorothée Blanck
German Empire
Best movies:
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Anna (1967) (TV movie)
Ellen Farner
German Empire
Best movies:
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Michel Legrand
France
Best movies:
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Philippe Dumat
France
Best movies:
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Mireille Perrey
France
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Gisèle Grandpré
France
Best movies:
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Jean Champion
France
Best movies:
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The Longest Day (1962)
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Jean-Pierre Dorat
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Roger Perrinoz
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Bernard Garnier
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Georges Blaness
Algeria
Best movies:
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Rosalie Varda
France
Best movies:
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
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Harald Wolff
German Empire
Best movies:
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Danielle Licari
France
Best movies:
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