Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)
Genre: Music / Romance
Duration: 87 minuten
Alternative title: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Country:
France
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo and Marc Michel
IMDb score:
7,8 (34.682)
Releasedate: 19 February 1964
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg plot
"A film for all the young lovers of the world."
Geneviève, 17, lives in Cherbourg with her mother and they run an umbrella shop. She and Guy, a car mechanic, are in love and want to get married. Mother doesn't want that, the girl is too young and besides, Guy is not from a good family. Guy leaves for the army for two years and Geneviève turns out to be pregnant...
Actors and actresses
Geneviève Emery
Guy
Madame Emery
Tante Élise
Roland Cassard
Madeleine
Aubin
Bernard
Jean
Gas Station Apprentice
Reviews & comments
maxo922
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- 691 messages
- 627 votes
Yeah that soundtrack was just fucking annoying. The music too sweet and superficial. And the vocals somehow kind of ugly. This made the super simple story long-winded. I already hated the movie.
Until I decided, about halfway, to turn off the sound and speed up the film a bit (1.5 x +-). Much better! In my head I heard actors speaking. And the voices in the silence sounded much more beautiful and effective in my head. Then suddenly I noticed, also because of the speed, that the images were very beautiful here and there. I also found the ending (surprisingly) effective.
Translated from Dutch · View original
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Even after review, I am not impressed. The sung dialogues are of course very special and the Douglas Sirk-like settings are beautiful, but they cannot hide the fact that it is actually just a simple film with a meager love story. The musical theme is a very beautiful melody.
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