The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1997) France, West Germany
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Director:Jacques Demy
Studio:Koch Lorber Films
Producer:Mag Bodard, Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Writer:Jacques Demy
Rating:4
Rated:NR
Date Added:2014-04-12
Last Seen:2019-01-28
UPC:720917500324
Price:$29.98
Awards:Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:1997-10-28
IMDb:0058450
Location:1334
Duration:94
Picture Format:LetterBox
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
Features:Digitally remastered
Jacques Demy  ...  (Director)
Jacques Demy  ...  (Writer)
 
Catherine Deneuve  ...  Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo  ...  Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon  ...  Madame Emery
Marc Michel  ...  Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner  ...  Madeleine
Mireille Perrey  ...  Aunt Élise
Jean Champion  ...  Aubin (as J. Champion)
Pierre Caden  ...  Bernard (as P. Caden)
Jean-Pierre Dorat  ...  Jean (as J.P. Dorat)
Bernard Fradet  ...  Gas Station Apprentice (as B. Fradet)
Michel Benoist  ...  Umbrella Buyer (as M. Benoist)
Philippe Dumat  ...  Garage Customer in 1957 (as P. Dumat)
Dorothée Blank  ...  Girl in Cafe (as D. Blank)
Jane Carat  ...  Ginny (as J. Carat)
Harald Wolff  ...  Monsieur Dubourg
Summary: 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 (a luminous 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, reprising his role from Demy's masterful debut, Lola). A completely sung movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is closest in form to a cinematic opera. Composer Michel Legrand composed the score, modeling it around the patterns of everyday conversation. Umbrellas was re-released in 1997.