The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Catherine Deneuve
as Geneviève Emery
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Nino Castelnuovo
as Guy Foucher
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Anne Vernon
as Madame Emery
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Mireille Perrey
as Tante Élise
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Marc Michel
as Roland Cassard
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Ellen Farner
as Madeleine
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Jean Champion
as Aubin
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Jean-Pierre Dorat
as Jean
- Harald Wolff as Monsieur Dubourg
- Pierre Caden as Bernard
- Bernard Fradet as Gas Station Apprentice
- Michel Benoist as Umbrella Buyer
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Philippe Dumat
as Garage Customer in 1957
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Dorothée Blanck
as Girl in Cafe
- Jane Carat as Ginny
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Danielle Licari
as Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
- José Bartel as Guy Foucher (singing voice)
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Christiane Legrand
as Madame Emery (singing voice)
Crew
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Jacques Demy
Director
- Jean Rabier Director of Photography
- Monique Teisseire Editor
- Anne-Marie Cotret Editor
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Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
- Mag Bodard Producer
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt Producer
- Pierre Lazareff Producer
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Jacques Demy
Screenplay
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Jacques Demy
Writer
