THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG 60TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION

APRIL 16

Rain splashes on cobblestone streets, multi-colored parapluies pop up against pastel walls, and ardent lovers rendezvous, while music fills the air. Nothing like Jacques Demy’s musical fantasy had ever been seen before — or has since —

An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

This jeu d’espirit of the French New Wave took the Palme d'or and Best Actress award at Cannes; garnered five Oscar® nominations; and, in its overwhelming romanticism, capped by a snow-blanketed Christmas climax at an Esso station, reduced packed houses around the world to bittersweet tears.

France | 1964 | 92 min | 1.85 | 4K DCP
In French w/ English subtitles

Restored by Ciné-Tamaris by Éclair Classics and L.E. Diapason labs, Paris. Supervised by Rosalie Varda & Mathieu Demy. With support from the CNC, CHANEL, & SACEM.