The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Released on
- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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
- Pierre Caden
- Jean-Pierre Dorat
- Bernard Fradet
- Michel Benoist
- Philippe Dumat
- Dorothée Blanck
- Jane Carat
- Harald Wolff
- Danielle Licari
- José Bartel
- Christiane Legrand
- Georges Blaness
- Claudine Meunier
- Claire Leclerc
- Patrick Bricard
- Jacques Camelinat
- François Charet
- Jean-Pierre Chizat
- Jacques Demy
- Bernard Garnier
- Gisèle Grandpré
- Hervé Legrand
- Michel Legrand
- Myriam Michelson
- Paul Pavel
- Roger Perrinoz
- Rosalie Varda
Director
- Jacques Demy
Producers
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt
- Mag Bodard
- Pierre Lazareff
Screenwriter
- Jacques Demy
