The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

About The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) is a romance film directed by Jacques Demy. The film is filed under somber, earnest, letter, and single.

Catherine Deneuve stars as Geneviève Emery, Nino Castelnuovo as Guy Foucher, Anne Vernon as Madame Emery, and Mireille Perrey as Tante Élise. At 93 minutes long, it arrived in February 1964.

The screenplay is by Jacques Demy. American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

The Banker, Tommy, and Edge of Tomorrow make useful companions to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, all filed under 1950s and 1960s. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 921 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.