The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
fr
PG-13
7.4
February 1964
Drama
Romance
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.
Runtime:
1 hour 32 minutes
Status:
Released
Original Language:
fr
Budget:
$200,000.00
Revenue:
$7,600,000.00
Director:
Jacques Demy
