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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. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon in the lead roles.
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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. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon in the lead roles.
1964 | Jacques
1963 | Jacques
1964 | Jacques
Best Film | 1965 | Jacques
Best Music Original Song | 1966
Best Foreign Language Film | 1965
Best Music Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment | 1966
Best Music Score Substantially Original | 1966
Best Writing Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | 1966 | Jacques
Best ForeignLanguage Foreign Film | 1966
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | 1966
Budget 200,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,600,000 USD
The umbrella shop still exists at 13 Rue De Port, Cherbourg and is marked with a plaque commemorating the film.
Roland tells Genevieve's mother he once loved a woman named "Lola." Lola (1961) is a Jacques Demy film from 1961, in which Marc Michel plays the same character of Roland.
In the beginning, a black car rolls into the garage where Guy works, and Guy is asked to assist with the car's problems. This car is actually Roland Cassard's, and it can be seen two more times: when Roland visits the umbrella shop to give Ms. Emery the money for her pearl necklace and, again, as the wedding car. The license plate is the same and can be seen in this latter scene and in the very first.
Director Damien Chazelle cites this film as a principal source of inspiration for his Oscar-winning La La Land (2016). It's also his all-time favorite film.
Catherine Deneuve was only 19 when this movie was made. She turned 20 a couple of days after filming ended.
"Geneviève Emery: Guy, I love you. You smell of gasoline. Guy Foucher: It's just another perfume. Geneviève Emery: Oh, Guy, I love you. A customer - I must run. I'll see you in front of the theater at eight."
"Guy Foucher: I got drafted this morning, and I'll be away for two years. We'll talk about marriage later. With the war in Algeria, it will be a long time before I can come back. Geneviève Emery: But I would never be able to live without you!"
