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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) is streaming on Max. Also available on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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You can watch The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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.
Can a fleeting summer romance survive the crushing weight of war and distance? Every frame pulses with saturated color and a constant, heartbreaking sung score that makes the inevitable separation feel deeply personal.
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Director
Jacques Demy
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Harald Wolff, Pierre Caden
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
You can watch The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
IMDb
7.4/10
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97%
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Director
Jacques Demy
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Harald Wolff, Pierre Caden
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