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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
 
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Starring: José Bartel, Michel Benoist Rating
4.7 out of 5 stars  (107 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: José Bartel, Michel Benoist, Georges Blaness, Dorothée Blank, Pierre Caden
  • Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
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  • Studio: Fox Lorber
  • DVD Release Date: November 26, 1997
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (107 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 1572521783
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,396 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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    #74 in  Movies & TV > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Romance
    #88 in  Movies & TV > Art House & International > By Theme > French New Wave

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Thirty years after its release in 1964, this poignant romantic drama, in which virtually all of the dialogue is sung, was badly in need of restoration. The bright colors had faded and washed out in a haze of pink, and the film stock had badly aged. Fortunately, the movie was properly restored to its original splendor and rereleased to worldwide acclaim. Not only was this French romance a daring musical experiment (because the entire screenplay is a kind of epic song, beautifully scored by Michel Legrand), but it also introduced Catherine Deneuve, who was 20 years old when the film was released and became one of France's all-time screen legends. Deneuve plays a young woman in love with a local auto mechanic named Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) who has been drafted into the army. In his absence she learns that she is pregnant and then marries a rich man who agrees to raise the child. The bittersweet story follows what happens when Gu