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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

PG-13 ★ 7.4/10 93 min Drama, Romance France, Germany French
Director: Jacques Demy
Writer: Jacques Demy
Screenplay by: Jacques Demy
Lyricist: Jacques Demy
Dialogue: Jacques Demy
Scenario Writer: Jacques Demy
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A film for all the young lovers of the world.

Description

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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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

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