Les Parapluies de Cherbourg · 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
«A film for all the young lovers of the world.»
DramaRomance
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.
TMDB
7.4
IMDb
7.8
RT
97%
Metacritic
86/100
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- Budget
- $200,000
- Worldwide revenue
- $7,600,000
- Profit
- $7,400,000
- Box office (US)
- $86,074
- Awards
- Nominated for 5 Oscars. 6 wins & 7 nominations total
- Production companies
- Parc Film, Madeleine Films, Beta Film
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