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A film for all the young lovers of the world. - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Title: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Release Date: 19 Feb 1964

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Beta Film

Production Companies: Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Beta Film

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (786 votes)

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
  • Jean: Jean-Pierre Dorat
  • Monsieur Dubourg: Harald Wolff
  • Bernard: Pierre Caden
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