The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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.

7.4

92 min

Cast

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

Jean Champion

as Aubin

Jean-Pierre Dorat

as Jean

Harald Wolff

as Monsieur Dubourg

Pierre Caden

as Bernard

Bernard Fradet

as Gas Station Apprentice

Michel Benoist

as Umbrella Buyer

Philippe Dumat

as Garage Customer in 1957

Dorothée Blanck

as Girl in Cafe

Jane Carat

as Ginny

Danielle Licari

as Geneviève Emery (singing voice)

José Bartel

as Guy Foucher (singing voice)

Christiane Legrand

as Madame Emery (singing voice)

Georges Blaness

as Roland Cassard (singing voice)

Claudine Meunier

as Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)

Claire Leclerc

as Tante Élise (singing voice)

Patrick Bricard

as Waiter (uncredited)

Jacques Camelinat

as Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)

François Charet

as Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Chizat

as Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)

Jacques Demy

as Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)

Bernard Garnier

as Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)

Gisèle Grandpré

as Madame Germaine (uncredited)

Hervé Legrand

as François Foucher (uncredited)

Michel Legrand

as Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)

Myriam Michelson

as Girl in Cafe (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

as First Removal Man (uncredited)

Roger Perrinoz

as Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Rosalie Varda

as Françoise Cassard (uncredited)

Director

Jacques Demy