The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Directors:

Jacques Demy

Writers:

Actors:

Rosalie Varda, Roger Perrinoz, Paul Pavel, Myriam Michelson, Michel Legrand, Hervé Legrand

Synopsis:

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.
  • Romance
  • Drama
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

The fact that this film’s dialogue is entirely sung, makes it a mandatory viewing. Director Jacques Demy incorporated song and dance in the service not of escape, but of realism. The effect is riveting and profoundly moving.
doudouce55
February 3, 2014