The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
Drama, Romance
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1964
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
19 Feb 1964
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$7
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 6 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Not only has he resurrected the quaint and artificial device of having the dialogue set to music and unrealistically sung, but he uses this operatic method to tell a story that is so banal... it wouldn't get beyond a reader in Hollywood.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
15 Jan 2005
fresh:
Umbrellas makes escapist play with the stuff of kitchen-sink social realism.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
As spun-sugar holiday treats go, "Umbrellas" is hard to resist.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
27 Dec 2013
fresh:
It is a small picture, a boutique musical. But it's lovely.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan 2014
fresh:
It continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar 2014