The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg [2 Disc Special Editon] (DVD)

The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg [2 Disc Special Editon]

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Release Date:Oct 10, 2005


Synopsis:

Described by director Jacques Demy as 'a film in song', the visually intoxicating The Umbrellas of Cherbourg pays homage to the Hollywood musical whist imbuing it with a resolutely Gallic and decidedly bittersweet tone that explores how youthful fantasy soon give way to thwarted dreams.

Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Genevieve Emery (a luminous Catherine Deneuve), an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, the pair make love. Genevieve becomes pregnant and then must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an attractive offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant (Marc Michel, reprising his role from Demy's masterful Lola).

Barcode:

5060034572275

Catalogue number:

OPTD0197

Original language:

French

Product format

DVD

Label:

Optimum

Colour format:

Colour

Sound format:

Stereo

Display:

Aspect Ratio 1.66:1

DVD region:

2 - Europe and Japan

Video system:

PAL

DVD special features:

Introduction by Geoff Andrew.
"The World of Jacques Demy" 90 min documentary directed by Agnes Varda.
"L'Amerique Lunaire" a short film by Francois Reichenbach featuring the music of Michel Legrand.
Trailer.

Subtitles:

English

Primary genre:

Feature Film

Secondary genre:

World Cinema

Co-Starring Nino Castelnuovo
Anne Vernon
Marc Michel
Director,Writer Jacques Demy
Music Michel Legrand
Producer Mag Bodard
Starring Catherine Deneuve
Writer,Director Jacques Demy

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