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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.

Top Cast

  • Catherine Deneuve

    Catherine Deneuve

    Geneviève Emery

  • Nino Castelnuovo

    Nino Castelnuovo

    Guy Foucher

  • Anne Vernon

    Anne Vernon

    Madame Emery

  • Mireille Perrey

    Mireille Perrey

    Tante Élise

  • Marc Michel

    Marc Michel

    Roland Cassard

  • Ellen Farner

    Ellen Farner

    Madeleine

  • Jean Champion

    Jean Champion

    Aubin

  • Jean-Pierre Dorat

    Jean-Pierre Dorat

    Jean

  • Harald Wolff

    Harald Wolff

    Monsieur Dubourg

Overview

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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