The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964·France·88 min.
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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.
DirectorJacques Demy
ScreenwriterJacques Demy
MusicMichel Legrand
CinematographyJean Rabier
CastCatherine Deneuve·Anne Vernon·Nino Castelnuovo·Ellen Farner·Jean Champion·Marc Michel·Mireille Perrey
Original titleLes Parapluies de Cherbourg