Released
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
February 19 1964 (over 60 years ago)Rating
74
Based on
758 reviews
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
- Director: Jacques Demy
- Writer: Jacques Demy
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 32 m
- Budget: $7
- Countries: France, Germany
- Companies: Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Beta Film
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.
