The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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- Synopsis
- Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957....
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- Starring
- Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
- Director(s)
- Jacques Demy
- Distributor(s)
- Zeitgeist
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 90 min.
Critic Reviews
Washington Post | Hal HinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
A glorious romantic confection unlike any other in movie history. Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades. Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Demy, his cinematographer Jean Rabier and production designer Bernard Evein created an operatic masterpiece of romanticism, which makes a modest but effective antidote to the harsh era of cynicism that has pervaded world cinema ever since.Read the full review
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