UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
• Plot: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; ; The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.
• Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey, Jean Champion, Pierre Caden, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Bernard Fradet, Michel Benoist, Philippe Dumat, Dorothée Blank, Jane Carat, Harald Wolff, Danielle Licari, José Bartel, Christiane Legrand, Georges Blaness, Claudine Meunier, Claire Leclerc, Patrick Bricard, Jacques Camelinat, François Charet, Jean-Pierre Chizat, Jacques Demy, Bernard Garnier, Gisèle Grandpré, Hervé Legrand, Michel Legrand, Myriam Michelson, Paul Pavel, Roger Perrinoz, Rosalie Varda
• Director: Jacques Demy
• Runtime: 1:32
• Company: Janus Films, Criterion
• Media Format: Movie