The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

A heartrending all-sung musical about young lovers pulled apart by parental ambition and war.

  • Director

    Dir Jacques Demy

  • With

    Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel

  • France-West Germany 1964. 93min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

Jacques Demy’s marvellous all-sung musical pits a young couple’s deep passion for one another against an interfering mother, the Algerian War and economic realities – not to mention unexpected pregnancy. That the insights into the strength of love and mutual trust are bittersweet and ironic makes Demy’s absolute commitment to Legrand’s romantic score, the saturated colours and the hints of fairy tale all the more beguiling.