The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Movie · 88 min. · France
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.
Direction Jacques Demy
Cast Catherine Deneuve · Anne Vernon · Nino Castelnuovo · Ellen Farner · Jean Champion · Marc Michel · Mireille Perrey
Soundtrack Michel Legrand
Screenplay Jacques Demy
Cinematography Jean Rabier
Original title Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
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