The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

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PG-13
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.

Release Date 1964-02-19
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Jacques Demy, Jean Rabier, Jean Didenot, André Flédérick, Klaus Müller-Laue, Jean-Paul Savignac
Producers Gilbert de Goldschmidt, Mag Bodard, Pierre Lazareff
Writers Jacques Demy, Jacques Demy, Jacques Demy, Jacques Demy, Jacques Demy