About this title: Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève 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, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: KOCH LORBER FILMS
Date: 04/06/2004
UPC:741952301493
Description: José Bartel, Michel Benoist, Georges Blaness, Dorothée Blank, Pierre Caden. New. 1964 Run time: 92. Ships directly from Distributor New original US release. Immediate shipping.100% customer satisfaction guarantee. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
UPC:720917500324
Description: Brand New 6. In the innovative film THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, Jacques Demy pays loving homage to the Hollywood musical as well as the French melodrama. The film is shot in Cherbourg, France, using inventive cinematography and blazing colors and textures. Local life is rendered in pink, orange, green, and blue. Wallpapers and umbrella patterns, sweaters and hats, cars and gas stations--each element of the film contributes to the exuberant color and exalted mood. The film is also unique in the ... read more
Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE. This DVD does not have its original artwork or case. The DVD is a legitimate copy that comes from a national rental retailer. All DVDs are quality checked before being shipped in a generic sleeve. We naturally guarantee the DVD to play and provide free upgrade to First Class Mail for much faster delivery over standard. read more
Description: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farnen. Very good in good packaging. 1964 Run time: 90. /aka/ Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Date: 2004
UPC:741952301493
Description: Catherine Deneuve; Nino Castelnuovo; Anne Vernon; Marc Michel; Ellen Farner; Mireille Perrey. New. Run time: 90 mins. Language: French. read more
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