The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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Directed By Jacques Demy Starring Catherine Deneuve • Marc Michel • Anne Vernon • Nino Castelnuovo • Ellen Farner Genres Drama • Foreign Language Film • French New Wave • Melodrama • Musical Romance • Musical • Romance Studios &
Franchises Academy Award Nominated • The Criterion Collection • Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Nominated • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time Poll • Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated • Cannes Grand Prix du Festival International du Film • French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Prix Méliès Winning • Time Out: London's 100 Best Romantic Movies • Time Out: Paris's 100 Best French Films • Prix Louis-Delluc • Time Out: New York's 50 Best Foreign Films • The Cinemaholic's 100 Best Movies of All Time Other Titles Les parapluies de Cherbourg [France] Release Info 1964-02-19T00:00:00Z February 19, 1964
Color • 91 minutes NR Rated NR see more films from 1964 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg vs. The Wages of Fear

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hambone88 on 3/19/2020 Reply · Like · (1 like)

Wow that third act was incredible

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AlgorithmJMO on 9/7/2021 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

I maintain that the third act of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is the better ending that La La Land tries to be (which is still pretty good, to be fair)

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ByronDonovan on 4/11/2024 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

The fact that it's a highly influential film explains why I saw this and knew what was coming even though I didn't know what The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was really about until I started watching. Still, I enjoyed the story and really enjoyed the set design.

As much as I like musicals, this is more of an opera and I found the singing didn't add anything. However, I'm not sure it would have enjoyed it as much without the singing, even though there's no real songs like we'd expect.

This is my first Jacques Demy film. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

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