The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
1964-02-19 | 92 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Catherine DeneuveGeneviève Emery
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Nino CastelnuovoGuy Foucher
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Anne VernonMadame Emery
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Mireille PerreyTante Élise
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Marc MichelRoland Cassard
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Ellen FarnerMadeleine
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Jean ChampionAubin
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Jean-Pierre DoratJean
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Harald WolffMonsieur Dubourg
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Philippe DumatGarage Customer in 1957
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Dorothée BlanckGirl in Cafe
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Danielle LicariGeneviève Emery (singing voice)
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Christiane LegrandMadame Emery (singing voice)
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Georges BlanessRoland Cassard (singing voice)
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