The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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.

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  Catherine Deneuve

  Geneviève Emery
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  Nino Castelnuovo

  Guy Foucher
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  Anne Vernon

  Madame Emery
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  Marc Michel

  Roland Cassard
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  Ellen Farner

  Madeleine
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  Jean Champion

  Aubin
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  Jean-Pierre Dorat

  Jean
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  Philippe Dumat

  Garage Customer in 1957
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  Dorothée Blanck

  Girl in Cafe
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  Danielle Licari

  Geneviève Emery (singing voice)