The umbrellas of Cherbourg[videorecording]. = les parapluies de Cherbourg / Janus Films ; Ciné-Tamaris Films ; Mag Bodard présente ; 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) ; un film de Jacques Demy.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Title from web page. Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey, J. Champion, P. Caden, J.P. Dorat, B. Fradet, M. Benoist, P. Dumat, D. Blank, J. Carat, Harald Wolff. Title from title frame. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: One upon a time ... "The umbrellas fo Cherboug", a 2008 documentary; Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill; French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film; Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London; Restoration demonstration; Trailer; Plus: an essay by critic Jim Ridley.
Summary:
Geneviève, a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy, a gas station mechanic. But a life with him will not be in her future. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.
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