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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Directed by
Jacques Demy
PG-13
1964
1h 32m
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7.8
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A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.
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Cast of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Pierre Caden
Bernard
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
Jane Carat
Ginny
Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
Claudine Meunier
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
Claire Leclerc
Tante Élise (singing voice)
Patrick Bricard
Waiter (uncredited)
Jacques Camelinat
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
François Charet
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Chizat
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Jacques Demy
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
Bernard Garnier
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
Hervé Legrand
François Foucher (uncredited)
Michel Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
Myriam Michelson
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
First Removal Man (uncredited)
Roger Perrinoz
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Rosalie Varda
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It is a small picture, a boutique musical. But it's lovely.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
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.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
As spun-sugar holiday treats go, "Umbrellas" is hard to resist.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades.
Slant Magazine
Bill Weber
Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand's reinvention of the movie musical has tinsel, Technicolor, and a beating, broken heart.
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
What's so overpoweringly beautiful about The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg is that it matches human-scaled feelings of regret with the color and intensity of the movies Demy loved as a boy.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's a glorious sight to behold -- though don't forget to listen as well.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
It's enough to make you sigh, and maybe even tear up.
The Ringer
Adam Nayman
Charm may be in the eye of the beholder, but if you don't find this movie irresistible, you should get your eyesight checked.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964.
Village Voice
Jessica Winter
A choreography of the everyday timed to Demy's floating long takes and Michel Legrand's at turns jaunty and lachrymose score.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Delicately bittersweet.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
A glorious romantic confection unlike any other in movie history.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It is remembered as a bold original experiment, and now that it is restored and back in circulation, it can also be remembered as a surprisingly effective film, touching and knowing and, like Deneuve, ageless.
Spectrum Culture
David Harris
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg affixes its gaze on the fairy-tale notion that true love will conquer all, but instead it offers a sobering view on broken hearts and how we survive such ordeals and become stronger.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
An operatic masterpiece of romanticism.
Los Angeles Free Press
Chris Breyer
What makes Les Parapluies a delight is its almost total involvement with the cinematic medium; its delight in color, movement and gesture; the making of fantasy out of the most common objects of modern existence.
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Rachel Wagner
It's a lovely movie.
Variety
Seemingly banal and sentimental on the surface, [director Jacques] Demy has avoided these aspects by tasteful handling and the right balance in emotion, compassion and narrative.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
Demy sends his two lovers soaring before bringing them back to earth, and the effect is at once wise, rapturous, and heartrending. It's pure perfection.
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