The umbrellas of Cherbourg Les parapluies de Cherbourg

DVD 2017

Geneviève, a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy, a gas station mechanic. But a life with him will not be in her future. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Cherbourg (France) Fiction

First loves Fiction

France Social life and customs Fiction

Man-woman relationships France Fiction

More in this Genre:

Feature films Fiction Foreign films Motion pictures, French Musical films Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 716 Criterion collection ; 716 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681432939

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Dgitial 5.1 surround
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome
NTSC

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Parapluies de Cherbourg
Parapluies de Cherbourg (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1964
Special features: One upon a time ... "The umbrellas fo Cherboug", a 2008 documentary; Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill; French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film; Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London; Restoration demonstration; Trailer; Plus: an essay by critic Jim Ridley
Title from container
Cinematography by Jean Rabier ; production designer, Bernard Evein ; edited by A.M. Cotret, M. Teisseire ; costumes, J. Moreau ; music written and directed by Michel Legrand
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey, J. Champion, P. Caden, J.P. Dorat, B. Fradet, M. Benoist, P. Dumat, D. Blank, J. Carat, Harald Wolff
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Dgitial 5.1 surround
For private home use only
French dialogue; English subtitles

Control Number:

2101402

UPC:

715515196918

Other Authors:

Benoist, Michel, actor
Beta Film GmbH, production company
Blank, Dorothée, actor
Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019, presenter, film producer
Castelnuovo, Nino, 1936-2021, actor
Champion, Jean, 1914-2001, actor
Ciné Tamaris (Firm), production company
Cotret, Anne-Marie, film editor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Demy, Jacques, film director, screenwriter, actor
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor
Dorat, Jean-Pierre, actor
Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006, production designer
Janus Films, production company
Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019, composer (expression)
Madeleine Films, production company
Michel, Marc, 1929-2016, actor
Moreau, Jacqueline, 1929- costume designer
Parc Film (Firm), production company
Perrey, Mireille, actor
Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016, director of photography
Teisseire, M. (Monique), film editor
Vernon, Anne, 1925- actor
Wolff, Harald, 1909-1977, actor

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