The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
# A film for all the young lovers of the world.
📜 Overview:
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.
💵 Budget: USD
7
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
1964-02-19
⌚ Running Time:
92 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.4
Beloved Cast
Geneviève Emery
Catherine Deneuve
Guy
Nino Castelnuovo
Madame Emery
Anne Vernon
Tante Élise
Mireille Perrey
Roland Cassard
Marc Michel
Madeleine
Ellen Farner
Aubin
Jean Champion
Bernard
Pierre Caden
Jean
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Gas Station Apprentice
Bernard Fradet
Umbrella Buyer
Michel Benoist
Garage Customer in 1957
Philippe Dumat
Girl in Cafe
Dorothée Blanck
Ginny
Jane Carat
Monsieur Dubourg
Harald Wolff
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
Danielle Licari
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
José Bartel
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
Claudine Meunier
Tante Élise (singing voice)
Claire Leclerc
Waiter (uncredited)
Patrick Bricard
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
Jacques Camelinat
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
François Charet
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Chizat
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
Jacques Demy
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Bernard Garnier
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
Gisèle Grandpré
François Foucher (uncredited)
Hervé Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
Michel Legrand
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
Myriam Michelson
First Removal Man (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Roger Perrinoz
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)
Rosalie Varda
