The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Jean RabierComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Jacques Demy, Paul Pavel, Dorothée Blanck, Ellen Farner, Michel Legrand, Philippe Dumat (more)VOD (4)
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Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery (Catherine Deneuve), 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 (Marc Michel). A completely sung movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is closest in form to a cinematic opera. (official distributor synopsis)
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I had to get used to the fact that the whole movie is actually sung, but it's quite easy to get used to it. Catherine Deneuve is absolutely incredible in the way she can act and sing, she is beautiful and dramatic, and this is just one of the many proofs of what a great actress she has always been, even at such a young age. This musical has an immensely strong emotional charge.
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