The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [dvd] / Mag Bodard présente un film de Jacques Demy ; scénario et dialogue de Jacques Demy ; mis en musique par Michel Legrand ; une co-production franco-allemande Prac Film, Madeleine Films, Paris, Beta Film, Munich.
Originally released as motion picture in 1964. Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel; sung by Danielle Licari, José Bartel, Christiane Legrand, Georges Blaness. Special features: Once upon a time... "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" [This 2008 documentary directed by Marie Genin and Serge July, features interviews with director Jacques Demy, actors Catherine Deneuve and Marc Michel, composer Michel Legrand, and filmmaker Agnès Varda] ; Rodney Hill [In this interview, conducted by the Criterion Collection in 2014, film scholar Rodney Hill talks about the film and how it embodies characteristics of both the French New Wave and the "tradition of quality" style of French filmmaking] ; Cinépanorama [Director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand are interviewed about the film in this 1964 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama] ; Michel Legrand at the National Film Theatre [Audio excerpt from 1991, Legrand talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about composing music for the films of Jacques Demy] ; Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre [Audio excerpt from 1983, Deneuve talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about working with Jacques Demy] ; Restoration demonstration ; Trailer.
Summary:
Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.
Series:
Essential Jacques Demy Criterion Collection ; 716
OCLC:
(OCoLC)884464150
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
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