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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Synopsis
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. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Cast

Nino Castelnuovo Guy
Catherine Deneuve Genevieve Emery
Ellen Farner Madeleine
Marc Michel Roland Cassard
Mireille Perrey Aunt Elise
Anne Vernon Madame Emery

Production Crew

Bernard Evein Art Director
Jean Rabier Cinematographer
Michel Legrand Composer (Music Score)
Jacqueline Moreau Costume Designer
Jacques Demy Director
Anne-Marie Cotret Editor
Michel Legrand Musical Direction/Supervision
Mag Bodard Producer
Jacques Demy Screenwriter
Year: 1964
Runtime: 90
Country: France
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Color type
Eastmancolor

Produced by
Beta Films
Madeleine Films
Parc Films

Release
by 20th Century Fox

Awards
1963 - Prix Louis-Delluc - French Film Critics Circle
1963 - Prix Louis-Delluc - French Film Critics Circle
1964 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1964 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy
1964 - Grand Prix - Cannes International Film Festival
1964 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy
1964 - Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1964 - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1964 - Grand Prix - Cannes Film Festival
1965 - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language - Golden Globe
1965 - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language - Golden Globe
1965 - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language - Hollywood Foreign Press Association