The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964This 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.
Acted in
Catherine Deneuve
as Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
as Guy
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)