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Les parapluies de Cherbourg 1964

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.

Directed by: Jacques Demy
Written by: Jacques Demy
Runtime: 92 minutes
Critics score:
98 / 100
Tagline: A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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Cast:
Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery 
Nino Castelnuovo Nino Castelnuovo
Guy 
Anne Vernon Anne Vernon
Madame Emery 
Mireille Perrey Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise 
Marc Michel Marc Michel
Roland Cassard 
Ellen Farner Ellen Farner
Madeleine 
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Also known as:
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Os Guarda-Chuvas do Amor
  • 쉘부르의 우산
  • Paraplyene i Cherbourg