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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Cast
Catherine DeneuveGeneviève Emery
Nino CastelnuovoGuy Foucher
Anne VernonMadame Emery
Mireille PerreyTante Élise
Marc MichelRoland Cassard
Ellen FarnerMadeleine
Jean ChampionAubin
Jean-Pierre DoratJeanCredits
- Directed by
- Jacques Demy
- Written by
- Jacques Demy, Jacques Demy
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
- Budget
- $200K
- Box office
- $7.6M
Production
- Parc FilmFrance
Madeleine FilmsFrance
Beta FilmGermany
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