The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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Geneviève, 17, lives with her widow mother, who owns an umbrella shop in Cherbourg. She and Guy, an auto mechanic, are in love and want to marry (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama, Musical

Country: France, West Germany

Directed By: Jacques Demy

Written By: Jacques Demy

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Marc Michel, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Ellen Farner, Mireille Perrey

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Apr 02	Thewizsays	90 _90%
Mar 31	Pleveen	95 _86%
Mar 29	ethsings72	90 _86%
Mar 28	Forner	90 _72%
Mar 27	blackendblue	63 _41%
Mar 27	spearmint	84 _83%
Mar 26	jgollner	80 _70%
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Mar 19	CineLounge	68 _57%
Mar 17	leemarvins	82 _73%
Mar 08	erayyildiz	75 _58%
Mar 03	LazarBloom	70 _71%
Mar 03	Jules E. S.	90 _83%
Mar 03	Iulius E. S.	90 _86%
Feb 28	CMWL	1 _0%
Feb 25	Mavoy	92 _93%
Feb 25	Ammar44	75 _44%
Feb 23	xeNXKF	86 _64%
Feb 20	numan	85 _83%
Feb 17	Mulholland	90 _93%
Feb 16	Challe_P	60 _37%
Feb 13	cascade	62 _37%
Feb 06	PrinceKaro	49 _40%
Jan 25	mfy94	67 _54%
Jan 23	Risselada	35 _8%
Jan 12	Dicke_Taube	70 _61%
Jan 10	mandy	7 _74%
The music is unremarkable but adds to the light feel of this, even though some of the themes are quite sad. But mostly remarkable for the beautiful colour palette.
Jan 09	KamilPPP	80 _57%
Jan 03	colmener	70 _49%
Dec 29, 2019	Bolido	78 _57%
Dec 27, 2019	jobsbronson	11 _42%
Dec 26, 2019	EmeraldGuard	80 _59%
Dec 24, 2019	gozdebal	80 _80%
Dec 18, 2019	meesh	55 _63%
Dec 18, 2019	OlivVerdys	35 _53%
Dec 17, 2019	VengefulKBM	75 _63%
Dec 15, 2019	cankutozturk	76 _66%
Dec 05, 2019	jal90	100 _96%
Dec 03, 2019	ronfingers	90 _82%
Dec 01, 2019	DomTosco	90 _84%
Nov 29, 2019	soraxtm	90 _92%
Nov 25, 2019	mfl	46 _14%
Nov 23, 2019	JZ17	81 _64%
Nov 03, 2019	babil7	90 _81%
Oct 27, 2019	eliasdm	97 _61%
Oct 20, 2019	Bruno125	60 _33%
Oct 14, 2019	szgmng	80 _35%
Oct 14, 2019	FrankXVI	70 _40%
Oct 04, 2019	Florin92	80 _88%
Oct 01, 2019	Ace666	40 _12%
Sep 30, 2019	opensecret	70 _64%
Sep 17, 2019	aljay508	100 _60%
Sep 12, 2019	Tharpedge	50 _10%
Aug 28, 2019	edmola	87 _89%
Aug 27, 2019	ellutzab	89 _32%
Aug 18, 2019	imajidkord	40 _17%
Aug 18, 2019	Maaya1x2	2 _13%
Aug 14, 2019	account2	92 _98%
Aug 11, 2019	EbelC	60 _47%
I think the formula of this movie is what I usually dislike the most in musicals: songs for really superflous things (100% sung here) and also seems it's always the exactly same song/music for the whole 88 minutes, no matter they're buying an umbrella or declaring their deepest emotions. I don't feel I ended up humming the music out of joy but pure habit. I also wasn't very fond of the story that I just mildly enjoyed. Scenarios and photography were great, nicely filmed.
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	40 _7%
Aug 05, 2019	Pascelle	80 _55%
Aug 04, 2019	goookce	70 _30%
Jul 24, 2019	kubrickvari	15 _0%
Jul 23, 2019	davesv	82 _75%
Jul 17, 2019	Kerfoot32	29 _21%
Jul 08, 2019	Numogram	79 _76%
Jul 06, 2019	xombiemonkey	9 _88%
Jul 01, 2019	guvolefou	85 _92%
Jul 01, 2019	serenadsiir	60 _10%
Jul 01, 2019	Mpython	2 _5%
Perdede, Zorlu.
Jul 01, 2019	asperastrum ()	64 _30%
Jun 30, 2019	1701	78 _44%
Jun 25, 2019	D.Keels	85 _74%
Jun 20, 2019	helin	90 _75%
Jun 19, 2019	Grandaddy	77 _81%
Jun 13, 2019	Nangijala	90 _94%
Jun 13, 2019	BlackSnail	60 _41%
Jun 09, 2019	Slowjoe	75 _79%
May 31, 2019	Bunken	80 _88%
May 28, 2019	kendell	8 _75%
May 27, 2019	Teproc	18 _3%
May 12, 2019	???	73 _66%
May 05, 2019	frederic_g54	7 _56%
Resistance is futile.
Apr 28, 2019	kurt19151	90 _76%
Apr 27, 2019	Aras	75 _52%
Apr 24, 2019	joewatson	80 _60%
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Mar 17, 2019	chalkeater	85 _25%
Mar 06, 2019	inzzzomnia	1 _1%
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Mar 02, 2019	Brewster	100 _99%
Feb 17, 2019	Modaal	64 _18%
Feb 12, 2019	e8521	90 _90%
Feb 11, 2019	Karr	75 _40%
Feb 10, 2019	animekarina	50 _21%
Feb 10, 2019	rnest	6 _45%
Feb 08, 2019	ArloJWiley	100 _93%
Feb 07, 2019	WWallce4prez	90 _95%
Lush doesn’t do this film justice. It is a box of Crayolas left in a hot car. One of the best musicals I’ve ever seen.
Feb 06, 2019	finchereznor	80 _66%
Feb 05, 2019	punpun	77 _75%
Feb 02, 2019	JC1512	75 _66%
Feb 01, 2019	verified	95 _75%
Jan 26, 2019	Tars3	81 _74%
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Jan 22, 2019	gunay	90 _41%
Jan 20, 2019	rainspainpla	85 _31%
Jan 20, 2019	devrimozkan	80 _94%
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Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	90 _88%
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Jan 16, 2019	ipekbbalci	82 _62%
Jan 15, 2019	knives	83 _88%
Jan 15, 2019	ekotto	78 _67%
Jan 14, 2019	Guillaume	70 _37%
Good film to talk about afterwards, with a strong score encapsulating all emotion, whereas the dialogues are strikingly mundane. Perhaps apart from the end scene, everything that happens is so textbook that it's painfully predictable. That caused my investment in the characters to be lacking enough to see the outcome as simply the best way for all involved.
Jan 13, 2019	gossamer2019	84 _90%
Jan 12, 2019	jacqueskit	95 _93%
Jan 06, 2019	lefterisd99	80 _77%
Jan 04, 2019	ElsaH	100 _99%
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Dec 03, 2018	worrywirt	90 _90%
Nov 29, 2018	Triptolemos	65 _67%
Nov 26, 2018	Ahhdhdhdh	70 _44%
Nov 21, 2018	Ceekay19	70 _62%
Geneviève Emery: "Absence is a funny thing. I feel like Guy left years ago. I look at this photo, and I forget what he really looks like. When I think of him, it's this photo that I see."
Nov 17, 2018	eliasm	93 _86%
Nov 17, 2018	karan04	90 _89%
Nov 17, 2018	DocBrowne	75 _55%
Nov 15, 2018	Iglian	65 _47%
Nov 12, 2018	buddhalou	50 _17%
Nov 01, 2018	colcow	87 _75%
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Sep 30, 2018	TheBreather	70 _47%
Sep 20, 2018	ce8	78 _86%
Sep 18, 2018	closedmouth	30 _3%
Felt like I was trying to watch a movie while a fire alarm was going off.
Sep 14, 2018	ilkyaz	60 _19%
Sep 09, 2018	deanjames	80 _78%
Sep 09, 2018	Zepheus	80 _89%
Sep 07, 2018	frostyeel	89 _75%
Sep 01, 2018	kaempen	80 _84%
Aug 31, 2018	armourg	100 _98%
Aug 13, 2018	drnkurmlkshk	45 _30%
Aug 12, 2018	biftek	75 _63%
Aug 12, 2018	ott	75 _65%
what kind of a happy ending is this? wha?
Aug 07, 2018	haljordan2	1 _0%
Aug 05, 2018	addeh	55 _25%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	90 _88%
Jul 20, 2018	jemenfous	90 _88%
Jul 16, 2018	PepeCamello	70 _69%
Jul 11, 2018	britneybitch	95 _71%
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Jul 08, 2018	dracular	85 _91%
Jun 28, 2018	fuzzleshnops	91 _88%
So.many.pretty.colors
Jun 25, 2018	AchwellFoley	78 _86%
Jun 22, 2018	Daisoujou	95 _90%
Jun 22, 2018	Krafty	95 _92%
Jun 21, 2018	krypt	88 _66%
What a fucking rip.
Jun 10, 2018	nunobar	70 _51%
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May 21, 2018	evanetrain	70 _21%
May 20, 2018	Anomaly	65 _38%
While I'm not a fan of musicals, I'm also not a hater of them. But when literally every line is sung, the music becomes less of an outpouring of emotion, and more of an enforced modality that homogenizes expression. That's not to say it can't be done well, but it would certainly need both better writing and better music than there is here. The mise-en-scène is amazing, and granted the main theme is pretty memorable, but little else is.
May 18, 2018	Emir Han	89 _90%
May 18, 2018	coolcoolcool	83 _71%
May 13, 2018	Oktay	60 _24%
May 13, 2018	normatic	80 _85%
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Apr 19, 2018	fictionfitz	94 _98%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	60 _45%
Apr 10, 2018	larmor	52 _44%
I found it tacky, garish and cloying. A few good scenes, but mostly bland cinematography. I was uncomfortable during most of the movie. The main interest of the movie, as of today, remains the depiction of the condition of women in France in the early 60s. Objects of desire for men, almost completely passive and only good to be married.
Apr 07, 2018	twincinema	75 _66%
A rich, colourful film that was unfortunately dulled by the DVD copy I rented from the library. The final scene is masterful.
Apr 06, 2018	Meowfresh	9 _90%
Mar 21, 2018	RottenT	98 _96%
Jacques Demy elevates the basic drama of everyday life into a soaring opera full of bittersweet passion and playful charm, featuring a timeless performance from Catherine Deneuve.
Mar 20, 2018	apsays	68 _62%
Mar 20, 2018	ericambler	84 _84%
With an unconventional style that belies its traditional love-and-marriage melodrama, THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG endures as a visionary piece of filmmaking. Jacques Demy doesn't direct this movie--he conducts it, precisely orchestrating the blocking, mise en scene, editing, and sound to create an alluring dreamworld that embraces cinematic artifice while demonstrating a very natural understanding of romance. Heightened, hyperreal, and yet also devastatingly naturalistic.
Mar 09, 2018	scott.mcc	90 _97%
Mar 04, 2018	Russ Bedford	72 _65%
Mar 02, 2018	trueiceman	80 _71%
Feb 27, 2018	lauratron	92 _95%
Feb 24, 2018	PaulB1	81 _58%
Feb 23, 2018	bsgb	78 _79%
Feb 20, 2018	allneonslike	80 _88%
Feb 16, 2018	zomgmouse	90 _88%
Feb 04, 2018	Pythius	99 _98%
Feb 03, 2018	OgreZed	70 _52%
Jan 31, 2018	salMovies	85 _51%
Jan 26, 2018	zmoats	92 _90%
Well, it turns out I am a fan of musicals. I had no idea. What a perfectly paced odyssey of love and loss and what once was and what could be. Not to mention the movie pops off the damn screen through a bright variety of colors and diverse sounds from a multitude of instruments.
Jan 21, 2018	gerskywalker	92 _88%
Jan 18, 2018	vidadam93	95 _93%
Jan 09, 2018	cengaveri	78 _88%
Dec 29, 2017	tguarnaccia	75 _50%
Dec 25, 2017	Roshambo	50 _27%
Dec 25, 2017	itsirc	67 _62%
Dec 24, 2017	astrakhan	81 _80%
Revolutionary for its time and still quite striking today (I've seen many musicals and can't think of one sung quite like this). The story of Parapluies is almost too simple, but the way it's conveyed through ordinary homely scenes and plenty of dialogue delivered in sing-song tones, somehow makes it work. Of course it owes a lot to the charismatic performances of young Deneuve and young Castelnuovo, who became as iconic to French cinema as Sandy & Danny to Americans. A pleasure to experience.
Dec 20, 2017	bennick218	86 _81%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	60 _45%
Dec 10, 2017	WuGambino	85 _87%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	60 _49%
Nov 26, 2017	kjones77	80 _71%
Nov 24, 2017	njm1211	94 _67%
Nov 22, 2017	imaginaryoct	78 _85%
Nov 17, 2017	FancyMike	5 _89%
Nov 10, 2017	anaskvit	40 _2%
Nov 04, 2017	CarterAmos	85 _60%
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Oct 14, 2017	fernsebner	100 _98%
Oct 13, 2017	sosadetz	90 _89%
Oct 11, 2017	bmmello	80 _64%
Oct 04, 2017	LouisMazzini	82 _89%
Oct 03, 2017	Embry	73 _51%
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	100 _83%
Sep 13, 2017	funmovies	100 _82%
Sep 08, 2017	trippingly	100 _93%
Sep 08, 2017	ilker	70 _39%
Sep 04, 2017	bones_r	70 _55%
Sep 03, 2017	ecalder	75 _86%
Sep 02, 2017	secludix	50 _24%
Aug 31, 2017	sezide5à7	87 _88%
Aug 30, 2017	Cowwan	80 _51%
Aug 24, 2017	Curb	79 _78%
Aug 18, 2017	paulduncan	50 _10%
Aug 16, 2017	hyrras	51 _25%
Aug 08, 2017	Jimmy Suede	90 _93%
Umbrellas has a couple of the most beautiful and recognizable tunes in cinema, as well as gorgeous visuals. While I'm not a huge fan of the singing of every mundane word, it grew on me. As for the story, halfway through I had doubts. Another over-romanticized tragedy of all-important teenage love, I thought. But while the film does turn tragic and Gena is insufferable, Guy comes through it in the tremendous final act. The final seconds were a lovely capstone and left me in tears.
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	90 _74%

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