THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
Jacques Demy’s dazzling technicolor musical, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo, returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration for the film’s 60th anniversary.
SHOWTIMES
JAN 10 | FRI
5:10, 7:10 p.m.
JAN 11 | SAT
1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10 p.m.
JAN 12 | SUN
1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10 p.m.
JAN 13 | MON
5:10, 7:10 p.m.
JAN 14 | TUE
5:10, 7:10 p.m.
JAN 15 | WED
7:10 p.m.
JAN 16 | THU
5:10, 7:10 p.m.
SYNOPSIS
An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.
Director
WITH
Catherine Deneuve, Anne Vernon, Nino Castelnuovo, Marc Michel
Run Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Released
December 16, 1964
Distributed by
Janus Films
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitles / Open Captions
Country
France, West Germany
SUBTITLES
French with English Subtitles
NOT RATED
Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.
REVIEWS
“Continues to charm and delight for the same reasons it did back in 1964.”
“Demy, his cinematographer Jean Rabier and production designer Bernard Evein created an operatic masterpiece of romanticism, which makes a modest but effective antidote to the harsh era of cynicism that has pervaded world cinema ever since.”