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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781417200269
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 141720026X
Label: KOCH LORBER FILMS
Manufacturer: KOCH LORBER FILMS
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: KOCH LORBER FILMS
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 06, 2004
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 7590
Studio: KOCH LORBER FILMS
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1964
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Jacques Demy's haunting romantic musical is an enchanting, one-of-a-kind musical experience. It's basically a movie operetta, in which the characters sing all the dialogue (or, rather, lyrics--by director Demy) to Michel Legrand's lovely score. The story spans five years (1957-1962) in the life of Geneviéve (the ethereally beautiful Catherine Deneuve in the role that launched her to international stardom), the teenage daughter of a woman who owns a Cherbourg umbrella shop. After Geneviéve's boyfriend Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) is drafted and sent off to Algeria, she discovers she's pregnant ... and complications ensue. With its dazzling candy-colored palette, Umbrellas of Cherbourg looks sweet and dreamy. Restored and rereleased in 1995 to rapturous acclaim and the renewed delight of all who got the chance to see it. The video release is taken from the restored version. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Classic Favorite
I don't usually like this type of movie, it is sung all the way through, but the music is so haunting, that you will remember it long after the memories of the actual story is gone.
Rating: - Masterpiece That Stands the Test of Time
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" is a one-of-a-kind movie. All of the lines are sung, to a beautiful score, but there are no traditional character solos, chorus numbers, or choreography. So it's not your average musical. The closest thing to a "show-stopper" in the movie is the stunning Oscar-nominated "I Will Wait for You."
The plot is pretty easy to follow, yet it develops the characters quite well. The story is set in Cherbourg in 1958, and we first meet Guy, a car mechanic, getting off ... Read More
Rating: - A film for all lovers of the world, the young and the old,
The Winner of Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm in 1964 and five times Oscar nominee, Jacques Demy's/Michell Legrand "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", is a superb romantic movie. It tells a very simple story of love lost but not forgotten in such enchanting, unusual, and ambitious way with such delightful results that no other musical or romance was able to achieve since. The beauty of the film lies in the unique combination of color and sound. Every word is sung with no spoken dialogs, and every scene ... Read More
Rating: - French Cinema at its Best!
This is my favorite foreign film of all time. The dialog is entirely sung in French, the music is captivating, the set design is breathtaking, and the acting is brilliant. Catherine Deneuve never looked so young, beautiful, and innocent as she appears in this movie. The movie's ending gives the viewer an unexpected but sometimes so true dose of reality. This is my favorite foreign film of all time. I love it!!!
Rating: - A bit overwhelming, but in a very beautiful way
This movie is like the proverbial box of chocolates--everything looks so perfect and appetizing that you have a hard time deciding on where to start or on what to concentrate. Between the acting, the cinematography, the sets, the costumes, the singing, the music, the plot, it is a bit difficult to take everything in at the same time. You find yourself suddenly looking at a gaudily painted door, an interesting camera movement, a lamp, listening to a particular instrument in the score, and snapping out ... Read More
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