The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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| Directed by | Jacques Demy |
| Produced by | Mag Bodard |
| Written by | Jacques Demy |
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Catherine Deneuve Nino Castelnuovo |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Cinematography | Jean Rabier |
| Edited by |
Anne-Marie Cotret Monique Teisseire |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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91 minutes |
| Country | France West Germany |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $7,686,180 1,328,823 admissions (France) |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (French: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a 1964 French/German international co-production musical film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo. The music was written by Michel Legrand. The film dialogue is all sung as recitative, including casual conversation (similar in style to an opera). It was styled full of color.
Umbrellas is the middle film in an informal "romantic trilogy" of Demy films that share some of the same actors, characters and overall look; it comes after Lola (1961) and before The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). The film was very successful in France with a total of 1,274,958 admissions. It was also shown internationally, introducing Deneuve to a larger audience, and was nominated for several Academy Awards, including for Best Foreign Film, Best Song, Best Soundtrack, and Best Original Screenplay.
In the late 1950s Madame Emery and her beautiful 17-year-old daughter Geneviève (Deneuve) sell umbrellas at their tiny (and financially struggling) boutique in the coastal town of Cherbourg in Normandy, France. Guy (Castelnuovo), a handsome young auto mechanic, lives with and cares for his sickly aunt and godmother Elise. Guy and Geneviève are deeply in love; they want to get married, and they intend to name their first child "Françoise".
Madeleine (Ellen Farner) is a quiet young caregiver who looks after Guy's aunt. She has feelings for Guy, but has not expressed this. Guy is drafted and must leave to serve as a soldier in the Algerian War. The night before Guy leaves, he and Geneviève pledge their undying love and make love (apparently for the first time). The next day, he departs.
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