The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 • Drama | Romance
Jacques Demy
Director
Jacques Demy
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
February 19, 1964
Duration
92 Min
Language
fr
Popularity
3.0741
Budget
$200,000
Revenue
$7,600,000
Overview
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
Catherine Deneuve
Nino Castelnuovo
Anne Vernon
Mireille Perrey
Marc Michel
Ellen Farner
Jean Champion
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Harald Wolff
Philippe Dumat
Dorothée Blanck
Danielle Licari
Christiane Legrand
Georges Blaness
Patrick Bricard
Jacques Demy
Gisèle Grandpré
Michel Legrand
Paul Pavel
Rosalie Varda
