Catherine Deneuve stars in Jacques Demy's THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, an astonishing musical love story in which every word is sung to a score by Michel Legrand. Glorious colour, breathtaking choreography and a heartbreaking plot combine to create a completely unique musical unlike no other. The story of star crossed lovers is .. Read more
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel |
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| Director | Jacques Demy |
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
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Catherine Deneuve stars in Jacques Demy's THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, an astonishing musical love story in which every word is sung to a score by Michel Legrand. Glorious colour, breathtaking choreography and a heartbreaking plot combine to create a completely unique musical unlike no other. The story of star crossed lovers is situated in an urban seaside as Genevieve (Deneuve), a sweet sixteen year old ingenue who works with her mother in an umbrella shop, falls desperately in love with Guy, a local mechanic. Fate intervenes when Genevieve becomes pregnant and Guy is drafted, as their love is pitted against time and fate.
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner |
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| Director | Jacques Demy |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Music/Musical, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1964 To Rent: DVD: 10 Oct 2005 |
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The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg - Feature
Catherine Deneuve stars in Jacques Demy's THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, an astonishing musical love story in whi...
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg - Bonus Features
Features "The World of Jacques Demy" directed by Agnes Varda and "L'Amerique Lunaire" a short film by Francois...
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Just don't get it
I've tried to watch this twice, and I just can't get beyond the first half hour - people standing around singing at each other in French, weird sets, ... read more »
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Astounding and wonderful.
I didn't really know what to expect, other than that this is a very famous film. It was WONDERFUL! So French..... Just enchanting from beginning to end. ... read more »
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loved it
I was rather thrown at first by the fact that all the dialogue is sung, but once I got used to that I loved this film (and some of the songs are wonderful!) If ... read more »
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Raindrops keep falling on my head
Imagine Vincente Minelli's 'An American in Paris' mixed with Elia Kazan's 'Splendour in the Grass' and a touch of Stan Barstow's ... read more »
Here's something you may not know about Harrison Ford: in 1968 he was a struggling young actor (youngish - he was 26) when the French director Jacques Demy picked him to star in his first Hollywood movie, Model Shop. Demy was on a roll: his delightful musicals The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort were among the most popular films to emerge from the French new wave, not just in Europe, but in North America too. Ford had done a couple of bit roles in B movies and on TV,... Read more
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