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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

74 %|Feb 19, 1964|Drama, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Jacques Demy
Director
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Monique Teisseire
Editor
Bernard Evein
Art Direction
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Mag Bodard
Producer
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Producer
Anne-Marie Cotret
Editor

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Cast

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Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
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Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
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Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
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Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
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Ellen Farner
Madeleine
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Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
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Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
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Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
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Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
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Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
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Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
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José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
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Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
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Georges Blaness
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
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Claudine Meunier
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
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Claire Leclerc
Tante Élise (singing voice)
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Patrick Bricard
Waiter (uncredited)
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Jacques Camelinat
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
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François Charet
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
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Jean-Pierre Chizat
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
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Jacques Demy
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
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Bernard Garnier
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
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Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
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Hervé Legrand
François Foucher (uncredited)
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Michel Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
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Myriam Michelson
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
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Paul Pavel
First Removal Man (uncredited)
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Roger Perrinoz
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
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Rosalie Varda
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)