Les parapluies de Cherbourg 1964

Name: Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Released: 1964-02-19
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Mireille Perrey, Marc Michel

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Jacques Demy
Written by:	Jacques Demy
Runtime:	93 minutes
Critics score:	98 / 100
Tagline:	A film for all the young lovers of the world.
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