The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant. Musical films started almost as soon as sync sound was introduced in Hollywood in 1929. Starting as an outgrowth of vaudeville, Hollywood and the rest of the world quickly developed a universal language of singing and dancing in films that continues to this day. From Fred Astaire in “Top Hat” and Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” to “Wicked” to the latest from Bollywood, musicals have entranced audiences for a hundred years and show no sign of losing their appeal any time soon. Join us as we take a tour through the history of musicals on film from Hollywood to the rest of the world. February 4 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) February 11 – La La Land (Damian Chazelle, 2016) February 18 – Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984) February 25 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Aditya Chopra, 1995) March 4 – Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) March 11 – Meet Me in St Louis (Vincente Minelli, 1944) March 18 – A Star is Born (George Cukor, 1952) March 25 – Wicked (Jon Chu, 2024)DramaPT1H32MPG-132026-02-04Catherine Deneuve
Nino Castelnuovo
Anne Vernon
Jacques Demy
Mag Bodard
Pierre Lazareff
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"Showtimes
February 4, 7:00 pm
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