The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
1964·92'
DramaRomance
French
Stills
4This 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.
Cast
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 BuyerScreenings in Brussels
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