The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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NR,1hr 30min

Genres:

Musical,Drama

Released:

February 1, 1964

Distributor:

Zeitgeist Films

Starring:

Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon ... More

Synopsis: 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 (a luminous 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. ... Full Synopsis

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	Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades. Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 86 Universal Acclaim out of 100 Based on 9 critic reviews

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	Catherine Deneuve Genevieve Emery Nino Castelnuovo Guy Anne Vernon Madame Emery Marc Michel Roland Cassard

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