The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Name: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1964-02-19
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.4

1964 · Movie · PG-13 · 93 min · ★ 7.4 · 92% critics

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In 1957, a young French mechanic falls for a teenager who works in her widowed mother’s umbrella shop in Cherbourg. Just before he leaves for two years of military service in Algeria, their romance turns into a commitment that’s tested by pregnancy and life-changing choices.

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Original title: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Years: 1964
Release date: 1964-02-19
Language: French
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 93 min
Critic score: 92/100
TMDB rating: 7.4/10 (887 votes)

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You’ll like it if you enjoy bright, melancholic romance presented entirely through singing, with a life-based feeling of fate and longing; Not for you if all-dialogue musicals feel gimmicky—try watching something like Bay of Angels or The Young Girls of Rochefort instead.

Pros: vivid color style; heartfelt sung romance; easy-to-follow tragedy | Cons: all-dialogue singing; early gimmick fatigue; melodrama can feel sweet