Film

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964 · 1h 33m · Drama · Romance

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

86

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.

Catherine Deneuve

Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo

Guy Foucher

Anne Vernon

Madame Emery

Mireille Perrey

Tante Élise

Marc Michel

Roland Cassard

Ellen Farner

Madeleine

Jean Champion

Aubin

Jean-Pierre Dorat

Jean

Harald Wolff

Monsieur Dubourg

Pierre Caden

Bernard

Bernard Fradet

Gas Station Apprentice

Michel Benoist

Umbrella Buyer

Philippe Dumat

Garage Customer in 1957

Dorothée Blanck

Girl in Cafe

Jane Carat

Ginny

Danielle Licari

Geneviève Emery (singing voice)

• Jacques DemyDirector · Writer · Screenplay
• Mag BodardProducer
• Gilbert de GoldschmidtProducer
• Pierre LazareffProducer
• Jean RabierDirector of Photography
• Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
• Monique TeisseireEditor
• Anne-Marie CotretEditor

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Release date

February 19, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$200,000

Revenue

$7,600,000

Genres

Drama, Romance

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