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.
Cast and Crew
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Jean Champion
Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
Pierre Caden
Bernard
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Philippe Dumat
Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
Girl in Cafe
Jane Carat
Ginny
Danielle Licari
Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
Madame Emery (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
Roland Cassard (singing voice)
Claudine Meunier
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
Claire Leclerc
Tante Élise (singing voice)
Patrick Bricard
Waiter (uncredited)
Jacques Camelinat
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
François Charet
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Chizat
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Jacques Demy
Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
Bernard Garnier
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Gisèle Grandpré
Madame Germaine (uncredited)
Hervé Legrand
François Foucher (uncredited)
Michel Legrand
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
Myriam Michelson
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
First Removal Man (uncredited)
Roger Perrinoz
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Rosalie Varda
Françoise Cassard (uncredited)
Videos & Trailers
4K Restoration Trailer [Subtitled]
Hand-picked by MUBI [Subtitled]
Patton Oswalt Introduces THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
BFI Re-Release Trailer [Subtitled]
Jacques Demy and Michel Legrand on THE UMBRELLAS of CHERBOURG [Subtitled]
