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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Drama, Romance | 1964-02-19 | France, Germany

IMDB7.4 / 10

Budget$7

Budget$0

Runtime92 min.

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

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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Hand-picked by MUBI [Subtitled]

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Patton Oswalt Introduces THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

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BFI Re-Release Trailer [Subtitled]

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Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand on THE UMBRELLAS of CHERBOURG [Subtitled]