The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

1964 fr 92 minutes

Rating: 7.385

Plot

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

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo

Nino Castelnuovo

Guy Foucher

Anne Vernon

Anne Vernon

Madame Emery

Mireille Perrey

Mireille Perrey

Tante Élise

Marc Michel

Marc Michel

Roland Cassard

Ellen Farner

Ellen Farner

Madeleine

Jean Champion

Jean Champion

Aubin

Jean-Pierre Dorat

Jean-Pierre Dorat

Jean

Harald Wolff

Harald Wolff

Monsieur Dubourg

Pierre Caden

Pierre Caden

Bernard

Bernard Fradet

Bernard Fradet

Gas Station Apprentice

Michel Benoist

Michel Benoist

Umbrella Buyer

Philippe Dumat

Philippe Dumat

Garage Customer in 1957

Dorothée Blanck

Dorothée Blanck

Girl in Cafe

Jane Carat

Jane Carat

Ginny

Danielle Licari

Danielle Licari

Geneviève Emery (singing voice)

José Bartel

José Bartel

Guy Foucher (singing voice)

Christiane Legrand

Christiane Legrand

Madame Emery (singing voice)

Georges Blaness

Georges Blaness

Roland Cassard (singing voice)

Claudine Meunier

Claudine Meunier

Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)

Claire Leclerc

Claire Leclerc

Tante Élise (singing voice)

Patrick Bricard

Patrick Bricard

Waiter (uncredited)

Jacques Camelinat

Jacques Camelinat

Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)

François Charet

François Charet

Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Chizat

Jean-Pierre Chizat

Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)

Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy

Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)

Bernard Garnier

Bernard Garnier

Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)

Gisèle Grandpré

Gisèle Grandpré

Madame Germaine (uncredited)

Hervé Legrand

Hervé Legrand

François Foucher (uncredited)

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)

Myriam Michelson

Myriam Michelson

Girl in Cafe (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

Paul Pavel

First Removal Man (uncredited)

Roger Perrinoz

Roger Perrinoz

Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Rosalie Varda

Rosalie Varda

Françoise Cassard (uncredited)

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