The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

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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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Creators

Jacques Demy

director

Jacques Demy

writer

Cast

Catherine Deneuve actor Nino Castelnuovo actor

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Anne Vernon actor

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Mireille Perrey actor Marc Michel actor

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Ellen Farner actor

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Jean Champion actor

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Jean-Pierre Dorat actor

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Harald Wolff actor

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Pierre Caden actor

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Bernard Fradet actor

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Michel Benoist actor

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Philippe Dumat actor

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Dorothée Blanck actor

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Jane Carat actor

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Danielle Licari actor

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José Bartel actor

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Christiane Legrand actor

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Georges Blaness actor

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Claudine Meunier actor