Cover image for The umbrellas of Cherbourg Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Title:
The umbrellas of Cherbourg Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Author:
Bodard, Mag, 1916-2019 presenter, film producer.
Publication Information:
Irvington, NY : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.
General Note:
1964 motion picure release.

Released as part of the Essential Jacques Demy collection.

Originally released as motion picture in 1964.

Special features: Once upon a time... "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" (2008 documentary directed by Marie Genin and Serge July, features interviews with director Jacques Demy, actors Catherine Deneuve and Marc Michel, composer Michel Legrand, and filmmaker Agnès Varda); Rodney Hill (2014 interview, film scholar Rodney Hill talks about the film and how it embodies characteristics of both the French New Wave and the "tradition of quality" style of French filmmaking); Cinépanorama (director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand are interviewed about the film in this 1964 episode of the French television program Cinépanorama); Michel Legrand at the National Film Theatre (audio excerpt from 1991, Legrand talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about composing music for the films of Jacques Demy); Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre (audio excerpt from 1983, Deneuve talks to an audience at the National Film Theatre in London about working with Jacques Demy); Restoration demonstration; Trailer.
Language:
French
Added Uniform Title:
Parapluies de Cherbourg (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781604658620

9781604658590
UPC:
715515119016

715515196918
Format :
DVD