The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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Call Number: DVD FLC-FRE Umbrellas
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: One upon a time ... "The umbrellas fo Cherboug", a 2008 documentary; Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill; French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film; Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London; Restoration demonstration; Trailer; Plus: an essay by critic Jim Ridley.
Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Demy, Nino Castelnuovo.
Jacques Demy's valentine to the classic Hollywood musical is one of the most beloved romantic movies of all time. Every word of dialogue is sung in this glorious masterpiece and it is restored to its original, pristine glory.
DVD.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Library Journal Review

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The original “La la Land” submitted by Cloverdale on July 28, 2018, 9:28am Visually stunning, this entirely sung through film features a young Catherine Deneuve. It is a simple story, but one that captures the spirit of Europe in the 1960s.
Beautiful and melancholy.

the definition of yearning submitted by pmheard on June 1, 2023, 11:57am in love with this! a film for hopeless romantics and a reminder that “true love” isn’t always found where you go looking and doesn’t always look the way you’d expect. it’s whimsical, captivating, and heartbreaking in just 90 minutes — i honestly couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. genevieve reminds me of myself, except i’m not pregnant and i don’t have a boyfriend away at war, i’m just a dramatic girl often struck by intense emotion. one of those unsatisfactory endings that leaves you wishing for an alternate, yet understanding the rationale all the same. the definition of pining