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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 86/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 813 1960s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic86/100
911 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques DemyDirector
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Jacques DemyWriter
- Jacques DemyScreenplay
Cast
- Catherine DeneuveGeneviève Emery
- Nino CastelnuovoGuy Foucher
- Anne VernonMadame Emery
- Mireille PerreyTante Élise
- Marc MichelRoland Cassard
- Ellen FarnerMadeleine
- Jean ChampionAubin
- Jean-Pierre DoratJean
- Harald WolffMonsieur Dubourg
- Pierre CadenBernard
- Bernard FradetGas Station Apprentice
- Michel BenoistUmbrella Buyer
Stills
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Themes
car mechanicletternormandy, francemusicalsingleumbrella1950s1960ssombercherbourg, franceearnest
The Best Movies of 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is #8 of 60
