The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964 • 92 minutes

About this movie

The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

Ratings and reviews

One of my favorite movies ever! Exemplary of the French New Wave! Michel Legrand! Must watch.

One of the most beautiful, romantic films ever made.