The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Released
February 19, 1964
Runtime: 1h 33m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
- PC
Pierre Caden
Bernard
- BF
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
- MB
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
- JC
Jane Carat
Ginny
Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
- JB
José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Jacques Demy
Director
Jacques Demy
Writer
Media
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