The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a French musical romantic-drama film released in 1964.

The film was written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music and lyrics made by Michel Legrand.

The film’s dialogue is entirely sung through like some operas and stage musicals.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg won the Palme d’or at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Foreign-Film.

It was later adapted to an English-language stage musical.

Fun Fact:

Director Damien Chazelle has mentioned that this is one of his favorite films and even had a major influence on the musical La La Land (2016) which was directed by him.

The cast consisted of:
Catherine Deneuve as Geneviève Emery – the young girl
Nino Castelnuovo as Guy Foucher – the mechanic guy
Anne Vernon as Madame Emery – Geneviève’s mother
Marc Michel as Roland Cassard – Geneviève’s husband

The majority of the principal actors’ voices were dubbed, for example:
Danielle Licari: Geneviève Emery

José Bartel: Guy Foucher

Christiane Legrand: Madame Emery

Let’s listen to some musical numbers:

There was also an American version of this song:

Recit de Cassard (Cassard’s story):

And it’s American version- Watch What Happens:

Au Dancing:

Dans le magasin de parapluies:

La lettre de Guy:

a digital version of the film was released at the 50^th anniversary of the film at 2004

The new trailer: