The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1 hr 33 min
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.
- Main Cast
- Nino Castelnuovo • Anne Vernon • Catherine Deneuve
- Director
- Jacques Demy
- Writer
- Jacques Demy
- Film Producer
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt • Mag Bodard • Pierre Lazareff
