A young woman called Genevieve, Catherine Deneuve, is the teenaged daughter of a widow, Anne Vernon, who owns an umbrella shop at the little town of Cherbourg, France . Then Genevieve is separared from her fiance' , Nino Castelnuovo, by Algeria war and during a long time she faces off dificulties and loneliness in her new situation. When her former lover goes back they are several surprises . But when they meet once again will their love be rekindled?. A film for all the young lovers of the wide , wide world...A Valentine for All the Young Lovers of the World , in Song and Color .
Pretty good musical movie considered to be a classic French movie , set in Cherbourg where the famous Umbrella Shop still exists at 13 Rue Da Port . Wonderfully evocative musical score and glamorous cinematography enhance the story . It is well set for 1957 to 1963 in Cherbourg, actual town that Jacques Demy took over for shooting . The exciting tale deals with a bittersweet and downbeat romance in which a beautiful girl falls really in love for her equally young boyfriend but both of whom are separated by his military duty in Algeria. It is divided in three parts : Depart, Absence and Le Retour. The picture is very well starred by Catherine Deneuve as the abandoned young woman who is expecting, Nino Castelnuovo as her garage mechanic lover , Marc Michel as the wealthy Roland and Ann Vernon as unfortunate but stubborn widow. This candy-colored fantasy drama to be watched in French language with subtitles, though is also available dubbed in English, but being inappropriate, no having the same effectiveness . It is followed by a similar film : "The young girls of Rochefort" by Jacques Demy with Catherine Deneuve, her real life sister Francois Dorleac , who a bit later on she died by car crash , George Chakiris, and Gene Kelly. It contains a colorfully brilliant cinematography by cameraman Jean Rabier, the gorgeous photography influenced really on subsequent French films , along with a marvellous soundtrack by Michael Legrand.
The motion picture was original and competently directed by Jacques Demy. It won Gold Palm in Cannes Festival and Oscar nominated to best foreign film. Demy was a good French director who made all kinds of genres and getting successes in Musical ones . His first big hit was Lola . Shooting nice films as The seven deadly sins , Bay of Angels , Peau D'Ana, Una chambre en ville, A slightly pregnant man, Lady Oscar, The pied piper, Donkey skin, Parking and "The young girls of Rochefort" that is Demy's followup to Umbrellas of Cherbourg , it is equally an atractive and charming musical in similar style . And a TV series : Louisiana. Rating 7/10. Better than average. Well worth seeing.
Pretty good musical movie considered to be a classic French movie , set in Cherbourg where the famous Umbrella Shop still exists at 13 Rue Da Port . Wonderfully evocative musical score and glamorous cinematography enhance the story . It is well set for 1957 to 1963 in Cherbourg, actual town that Jacques Demy took over for shooting . The exciting tale deals with a bittersweet and downbeat romance in which a beautiful girl falls really in love for her equally young boyfriend but both of whom are separated by his military duty in Algeria. It is divided in three parts : Depart, Absence and Le Retour. The picture is very well starred by Catherine Deneuve as the abandoned young woman who is expecting, Nino Castelnuovo as her garage mechanic lover , Marc Michel as the wealthy Roland and Ann Vernon as unfortunate but stubborn widow. This candy-colored fantasy drama to be watched in French language with subtitles, though is also available dubbed in English, but being inappropriate, no having the same effectiveness . It is followed by a similar film : "The young girls of Rochefort" by Jacques Demy with Catherine Deneuve, her real life sister Francois Dorleac , who a bit later on she died by car crash , George Chakiris, and Gene Kelly. It contains a colorfully brilliant cinematography by cameraman Jean Rabier, the gorgeous photography influenced really on subsequent French films , along with a marvellous soundtrack by Michael Legrand.
The motion picture was original and competently directed by Jacques Demy. It won Gold Palm in Cannes Festival and Oscar nominated to best foreign film. Demy was a good French director who made all kinds of genres and getting successes in Musical ones . His first big hit was Lola . Shooting nice films as The seven deadly sins , Bay of Angels , Peau D'Ana, Una chambre en ville, A slightly pregnant man, Lady Oscar, The pied piper, Donkey skin, Parking and "The young girls of Rochefort" that is Demy's followup to Umbrellas of Cherbourg , it is equally an atractive and charming musical in similar style . And a TV series : Louisiana. Rating 7/10. Better than average. Well worth seeing.