Cast : Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Catherine Deneuve
1964 / musical. romantic comedy / France / original title : Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / 91’ / Color / status : completed / French / long feature-film / French and International catalog
In 2024, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the absolute classic by Jacques Demy. A dazzling musical heart-tugger that launched Catherine Deneuve to stardom.
Original score by Michel Legrand.
“THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG is probably my favourite film.”
“If at some point we contact aliens, or they contact us and they want to know: What is this thing called Cinema? Can you explain it to us? And I had to pick one film to explain it to them, I would pick this film.”
“It’s certainly the film that I’ve drawn the most emotion from my whole life. It coalesces all the arts – music, painting, dance, literature, poetry, all of them – into one single idea.”
“It’s the most extraordinary movie watching experience I’ve ever had in my life.”
“It’s completely magical.”
“It’s completely miraculous.”
“It’s the greatest magic trick in movie history, and it’s never stopped inspiring me.”
Words of Damien Chazelle.
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CANNES 1964 – PALME D’OR | 5 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS 1966 INCLUDING BESTFOREIGN FILM AND BEST MUSIC
Press
“It continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964”
The Los Angeles Time
“Pure cinematic magic”
Empire
