Genres
Production Companies
Madeleine Films
Beta Film
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jacques Demy
Director of Photography: Jean Rabier
Producer: Gilbert de Goldschmidt, Mag Bodard, Pierre Lazareff
Writer: Jacques Demy
Screenplay: Jacques Demy
Top Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
Videos
4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]
BFI Re-Release Trailer [Subtitled]
