The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
<div><div><b>All <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/filmhouse-birthday">FH Birthday</a> screenings (with the exception of <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (70mm) and <i>Don't Look Now</i> + discussion) will be priced at £6 for Filmhouse Members. Book tickets for two or more of our FH Birthday screenings in the same transaction as a non-member to receive a discount!</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Screening because <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/weve-got-a-cinema-and-were-not-afraid-to-use-it/">We've Got A Cinema And We're Not Afraid To Use It</a>!</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>In the garage where he works, Guy (Nino Castelnuovo) plans a trip to the opera. His colleague is unimpressed: "All that singing’s a pain – I prefer movies." <i>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg</i>, it’s safe to say, would not be for him: every line of dialogue (including his own complaint) is sung to Michel Legrand’s melodious songbird score. That’s not to say Jacques Demy’s 1964 favourite is an exercise in whimsy: it might start in the key of blissful romance – between gorgeous Guy and Catherine Deneuve’s luminous Geneviève, daughter of the widowed proprietress of the titular shop – but it stealthily proceeds to such mundanities as teenage pregnancy, conscription and unromantic compromise.</div><div><br></div><div>Working for the first time in colour, Demy’s supersaturated palette flirts with vulgarity, the wardrobe’s rich hues fabulously coordinated with the decor (Geneviève’s mother is especially well matched to her flock wallpaper). As the story progresses, the tension between romance and reality – between the dreamlike aspiration of the musical mode and the sad getting-on-with-itness of the characters’ lives – only increases. But which life doesn’t sometimes squirm between secret hope and worldly frustration? </div><div><br></div>DramaPT1H33MPG2026-06-22Catherine Deneuve
Nino Castelnuovo
Anne Vernon
Jacques Demy
Mag Bodard
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Pierre Lazareff
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"Showtimes
June 22, 6:00 pm
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