names: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
genre: Drama, Romance
overview: 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.
crew: Catherine Deneuve, Geneviève Emery, Nino Castelnuovo, Guy, Anne Vernon, Madame Emery, Mireille Perrey, Tante Élise, Marc Michel, Roland Cassard, Ellen Farner, Madeleine, Jean Champion, Aubin, Pierre Caden, Bernard, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Jean
orig_title:  Les Parapluies de Cherbourg