The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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Wed (11/6) 2:00 + 7:00

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• $9.00

Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a beautiful young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). Their brief romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian War. Though pregnant by Guy, Geneviève marries an older businessman, Roland (Marc Michel), and begins to move on with her life. Throughout the musical film, all the characters’ dialogue is conveyed through song.

The stunning design, vivid candy colours and Catherine Deneuve’s ethereal performance only add to the fairy-tale qualities of the haunting love story between a teenage shop girl and a garage attendant.
-Alan Jones, Radio Times

Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hour 31 minutes
Language: French with English Subtitles