Monday Night Movie - The Director's Cut: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"

Welcome to The Director's Cut! Beyond being a voracious reader, Library Director Kiera Parrott is also an avid film aficionado. She particularly loves Technicolor-soaked musicals, richly designed historical pieces, smart drama… and she can’t resist a thrilling work of sci-fi horror. For the first Monday of January through April, Kiera has selected a personal favorite film to share—the “Director’s Cut”—ranging from the romantic to the spine-tingling.

This week we are showing "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg."

“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.” – Janus Films

Director: Jacques Demy

Year: 1964

Starring: Catherine Deneuve as Geneviève Émery, Nino Castelnuovo as Guy Foucher, Anne Vernon as Madame Émery, Marc Michel as Roland Cassard, Ellen Farner as Madeleine, Mireille Perrey as Aunt Élise, Harald Wolff as M. Dubourg, and Jean Champion as Aubin. 

This movie is 1 hour and 31 minutes and is not rated.  

Watch the official trailer.