
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.
Top Billed Cast

Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo
Guy

Anne Vernon
Madame Emery

Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise

Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Featured Crew
Anne-Marie Cotret
Editor

Bernard Evein
Art Direction
Monique Teisseire
Editor

Jacques Demy
Director
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Producer
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Mag Bodard
Producer

Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer

Jacques Demy
Writer

Jacques Demy
Screenplay

Jacques Demy
Lyricist