The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Directed by Jacques Demy
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey and Marc Michel
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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Reviews
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★★★½ review by brat pitt on Letterboxd
my aunt used to live in cherbourg ...
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★★★★★ review by SilentDawn on Letterboxd
93/100
Soothing, mournful, and delightful exhilaration from the first frame to the last. Didn't know that The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was actually a non-stop musical, but after that initial jarring moment, I was completely on board. It's a typical story of romance and adolescent passion laid against the harsh realities of the world, but every blooming color, gentle glance and sudden burst of cinematic exuberance swept me into a snuggling ball of warmth.
Every performance, musical note, and display of filmmaking technique culminates in a truly stirring experience, and by the end, I was crying and contemplating and smiling and experiencing all kinds of feelings.
If every other Demy film is like this, then I don't think I'll be able to take it.
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★★★★★ review by josh lewis on Letterboxd
“i would’ve died for him, so why aren’t i dead?”
😭😭😭
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★★★★★ review by Sam Van Hallgren on Letterboxd
And you have a problem with Damien Chazelle ripping off Jacques Demy why exactly? Because this and Young Girls of Rochefort are two of the most deliriously perfect films ever made? I wish every director tried to steal from these films. A glut of Demy ripoffs? Bring it on.
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★★★★★ review by nick wibert on Letterboxd
If La La Land made you cry, then The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will literally kill you.
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