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)
(more)Soundtracks
Mas / El Angel que Espero / Los Paraguas de Cherbourgo / Por un Momento
Label: Vergara
Year: 1964
Country: Spain
Format: LP
Notes: Performed by Orquestra Sammy Walker.
| 1. | SIDE A: MONDO CANE: Mas (More) | Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero | |
| 2. | CHERCHEZ L'IDOLE: El Angel Que Espero (L'ange Que J'attendais) | Georges Garvarentz | |
| 3. | SIDE B: LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG: Los Paraguas De Cherbourgo | Michel Legrand | |
| 4. | IL SORPASSO: Por Un Momento (Per Un Attimo) | Riz Ortolani |
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Label: Sony Classical
Year: 1964
Country: France
Format: CD
Length: 01:56:45
| 1. | Generique | Michel Legrand | 02:13 |
| 2. | Scene Du Garage | Michel Legrand | 02:50 |
| 3. | Devant Le Magasin | Michel Legrand | 01:43 |
| 4. | Chez Tante Elise | Michel Legrand | 02:32 |
| 5. | Dans La Rue | Michel Legrand | 00:35 |
| 6. | Au Dancing | Michel Legrand | 01:58 |
| 7. | Sur Le Quai | Michel Legrand | 01:54 |
| 8. | Dans Le Magasin De Parapluies | Michel Legrand | 05:25 |
| 9. | Chez Dubourg, Le Joaillier | Michel Legrand | 04:13 |
| 10. | Dans Le Magasin | Michel Legrand | 03:20 |
| 11. | Devant Le Garage | Michel Legrand | 04:56 |
| 12. | Chez Elise | Michel Legrand | 01:43 |
| 13. | A L'Appartement | Michel Legrand | 02:49 |
| 14. | Adieux A Elise | Michel Legrand | 01:51 |
| 15. | La Gare (Guy S'En Va) | Michel Legrand | 02:29 |
| 1. | Dans Le Magasin | Michel Legrand | 04:52 |
| 2. | Le Diner | Michel Legrand | 04:33 |
| 3. | Recit De Cassard | Michel Legrand | 03:41 |
| 4. | La Lettre De Guy | Michel Legrand | 01:58 |
| 5. | Le Carnival | Michel Legrand | 07:59 |
| 6. | Le Mariage | Michel Legrand | 01:03 |
| 7. | Retoru De Guy | Michel Legrand | 00:43 |
| 8. | Chez Elise | Michel Legrand | 04:18 |
| 9. | Le Garage (Dispute) | Michel Legrand | 01:56 |
| 10. | Guy Au Cafe | Michel Legrand | 01:47 |
| 11. | La Boite A Matelots | Michel Legrand | 03:00 |
| 12. | Duo Guy / Madeleine | Michel Legrand | 02:07 |
| 13. | La Terrasse Du Cafe | Michel Legrand | 03:09 |
| 14. | La Station-Service | Michel Legrand | 02:05 |
| 15. | Final | Michel Legrand | 05:00 |
| 16. | Watch What Happens | Michel Legrand | 02:58 |
| 17. | I Will Wait For You | Michel Legrand | 07:47 |
| 18. | Chez Dubourg, Le Joaillier | Michel Legrand | 01:42 |
| 19. | Chez Tante Elise | Michel Legrand | 03:05 |
| 20. | Recit De Cassard | Michel Legrand | 03:19 |
| 21. | I Will Wait For You | Michel Legrand | 09:12 |