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Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (re-release)
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Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (re-release) reviews


8.4

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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, and Mireille Perrey

Jacques Demy's 1964 musical fantasy stars Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo.

GENRE(S):	Drama \| Foreign \| Musical \| Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Jacques Demy
DIRECTED BY:	Jacques Demy
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: November 25, 1997 Video: February 13, 2001 Theatrical: February 13, 2004
RUNNING TIME:	91 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	France / West Germany
LANGUAGE(S):	French (with English subtitles)

Original title "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"; Golden Palm, 1964 Cannes Film Festival

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Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

A heartfelt, passionate, tragic musical suite made up of these formulas, which the film both celebrates and wryly examines to discover their inner logic: how they actually work, what they do and don't do.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

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.

Washington Post Hal Hinson

A glorious romantic confection unlike any other in movie history.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has stood the test of time as beautifully as Deneuve and seems likely to enchant future generations as fully as it has audiences over the past four decades.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A surprisingly effective film, touching and knowing and, like Deneuve, ageless.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Although most movies favor passion and true love, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg shows that another less demanding, more subtle kind of love has its own appeal.

Village Voice Jessica Winter

The wonderful-terrible dervish of Umbrellas reaches peak abandon, worthy of Vincente Minnelli, when Geneviève sobs out a plaint for Guy as a carnival whirls outside the shop.

TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)

By inflating the life of a common shop girl into a musical spectacle, Demy succeeds in turning a tedious existence into a fantasy, yet he and cinematographer Jean Rabier and art director Bernard Evein do so without creating a false world. [review of original release]

Variety Staff (Not Credited)

It takes nerve to make a pic in which all dialog is sung. Also, there is no dancing and this is not a filmed operetta or opera. [review of original release]

The average user rating for this movie is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay H gave it an8:
What a marvelous and original film. The score and songs are amazingly good and very memorable. The attractive cast is excellent, very inventively directed by Jacques Demy. The sets are particularly good. Unusual and always interesting.

Peter W. gave it a10:
Beyond comparison with any other film. It is unique in so many ways. It may very well be perfect.

dr suess gave it a10:
Amazing.

Patrick gave it an 8:
Pure Inspired Fun.

Yoon Min C. gave it a 9:
A movie soaked in gentle love and gentler betrayal, where alas everyone finds shelter from drizzling tears but with cooled hearts that come with cooler heads.

Simon S. gave it an 8:
When did you last see a movie with singing dialog that wasn't a musical? Probably never. "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" offers the oppurtunity to revel in a delightful concept that has not been done before or since. Witness the sublime Deneuve singing her cues and obviously looking damned good doing it.

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Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (re-release) Zeitgeist Films

Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (re-release)
Zeitgeist Films