The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964/02/19 (US) | Drama, Romance
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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.
Jacques Demy
Director
Jacques Demy
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Budget
$ 200,000
Revenue
$ 7,600,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Parc Film
- Madeleine Films
- Beta Film
Crews
Anne-Marie Cotret
Editor
Bernard Evein
Art Direction
Monique Teisseire
Editor
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Producer
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Mag Bodard
Producer