View Item - FR-P001-1964

Language:
French
Category:
Musical
Duration:
90 minutes
Catalog Num:
FR-P001-1964
Title:
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
Romance Languages

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

Geneviève, 17, lives with her widow mother, who owns an umbrella shop in Cherbourg. She and Guy, an auto mechanic, are in love and want to marry.But her mother does not agree : she thinks Geneviève is too young and Guy is not wealthy enough. Guy leaves two years for the army, and Geneviève is pregnant. She still loves Guy, although she has little news from him, but because the baby needs a father she marries Roland Cassard, a rich gem dealer, who fell in love with her at first sight and promised to bring up the child as his own... A movie whose dialogue is entirely sung. Director: Jacques Demy. Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon . Color. Country: France. Subtitled.

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