The Umbrellas of Cherbourg — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Jacques Demy

• Catherine Deneuve
  as Geneviève Emery
• Nino Castelnuovo
  as Guy Foucher
• Anne Vernon
  as Madame Emery
• Mireille Perrey
  as Tante Élise
• Marc Michel
  as Roland Cassard
• Ellen Farner
  as Madeleine

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