The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
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.
Jacques Demy Director Jean Rabier Director of Photography Monique Teisseire Editor Anne-Marie Cotret Editor Michel Legrand Original Music Composer Jacques Demy Screenplay Jacques Demy Writer Mag Bodard Producer Gilbert de Goldschmidt Producer Pierre Lazareff Producer Bernard Evein Production Design Jacqueline Moreau Costume Design
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