The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Name: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Director: Jacques Demy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1964-02-19
Rating: 7.385

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

Film19641h 33mReleased

DramaRomance

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Director: Jacques Demy
Language: French
Released: 1964-02-19
Runtime: 1h 33m

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7.4899 votes on TMDB

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The story

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.