Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Year: 1964
Country: France, Germany
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
Genre: drama, romance, musical
Runtime: 91 min.
Age: 16+
Country: France, Germany
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
Genre: drama, romance, musical
Runtime: 91 min.
Age: 16+
The film follows the lives of Geneviève Emery and Guy Foucher of Cherbourg, France. The story begins in November 1957, when 16-year-old Geneviève, who works in her widowed mother's umbrella shop called "Les parapluies de Cherbourg", and 20-year-old Guy, who works as a mechanic at a gas station, are madly in love and want to get married...
Awards & Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or, OCIC Award, Technical Grand Prize
Academy Award nomination – Best Foreign Language Film, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, Best Music (Original Song), Best Music (Score), Best Music (Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment)
Golden Globe nomination – Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
Grammy Award nomination – Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award – Best Film
