The umbrellas of Cherbourg Les parapluies de Cherbourg

Blu-ray 2014

Geneviev̀e (Catherine Deneuve), a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.

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Foreign films France

France Social life and customs Drama

Man-woman relationships Fiction

Man-woman relationships France Drama

Motion pictures, French

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Edition:

Dual-format edition (Blu-ray only)

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
Blu-ray disc

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG

Other Title:

At head of title: Essential Jacques Demy [Blu-ray]
Les parapluies de Cherbourg [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Special features (set): Once upon a time... "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" [This 2008 documentary directed by Marie Genin and Serge July, features interviews with director Jacques Demy, actors Catherine Deneuve and Marc Michel, composer Michel Legrand, and filmmaker Agnes̀ Varda] ; Rodney Hill [In this interview, conducted by the Criterion Collection in 2014, film scholar Rodney Hill talks about the film and how it embodies characteristics of both the French New Wave and the "tradition of quality" style of French filmmaking] ; Cineṕanorama [Director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand are interviewed about the film in this 1964 episode of the French television program Cineṕanorama] ; Michel Legrand at the National Film Theatre [Audio excerpt from 1991, Legrand talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about composing music for the films of Jacques Demy] ; Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre [Audio excerpt from 1983, Deneuve talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about working with Jacques Demy] ; Restoration demonstration ; Trailer
Originally produced as motion picture in 1964
Cinematography by Jean Rabier ; edited by Anne-Marie Cotret
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
Set ISBN: 9781604658590
DVD, 1.85:1 aspect ratio; monaural
In French with optional English subtitles
Cannes Film Festival: Grand prize, Palme d'or, 1964

Control Number:

1907591

UPC:

715515119016

Other Authors:

Beta Film GmbH
Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019
Castelnuovo, Nino, 1936-2021
Ciné Tamaris (Firm)
Cotret, Anne-Marie
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Demy, Jacques
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019
Madeleine Films
Michel, Marc, 1929-2016
Parc Film (Firm)
Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016
Vernon, Anne, 1925-

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