The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ·Les Parapluies de CherbourgA 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.

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Drama
Romance
Release Date

Feb 19, 1964

Duration: 1h 32 min

Popularity: 2.6583
822 votes
Directed by

Jacques Demy

Screenplay by

Jacques Demy

Productions

Parc Film (FR)Madeleine Films (FR)Beta Film (DE)

Budget 200.0 K

7.6 M

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