The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

1964, 3 February 1964, 19 February 1964, 16 December 1964, 12 November 1965, 26 February 1966

Director

Jacques Demy

Composer

Michel Legrand

Genre

musical film, romance film, drama film, melodrama

Main subject

Algerian War

Awards

Palme d'Or, Louis Delluc Prize

aspect ratio (W:H)

1.85:1

assessment

Bechdel test

cast member

Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Harald Wolff, Dorothée Blanck, Ellen Farner, Gisèle Grandpré, Hervé Legrand, Jacques Demy, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Dorat, Marc Michel

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color

country of origin

France, West Germany

director of photography

Jean Rabier

distributed by

20th Century Studios, Netflix

distribution format

video on demand

duration

91

EIRIN film rating

G

film editor

Anne-Marie Cotret

filming location

passage Pommeraye

FSK film rating

FSK 6

Kijkwijzer rating

AL

Medierådet rating

Suitable for a general audience

narrative location

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment, International Submission to the Academy Awards

original language of film or TV show

French

producer

Mag Bodard

review score

8.8/10, 97%, 86/100

screenwriter

Jacques Demy

set in period

1960s, 1950s, 20th century

title

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

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