The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher a 20-year-old French auto mechanic has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery 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 marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

1964 | 1 h 31 min