The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964 | 92 minutes | 7.4 ★ (757)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    19 February 1964

  • DirectingJacques Demy
  • Budget

    $7.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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