Les parapluies de Cherbourg

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THE UMBRELLAS:

OF CHERBOURG:

FIRST PART:
THE DEPARTURE

Is it finished?

The engine still knocks

when it's cold, but that's normal:

Foucher!

Can you stay an extra hour?

Tonight, it's a problem:

But I think Pierre is free:

Pierre, can you stay tonight?

Check the ignition

on the gentleman's Mercedes:

Are you coming to the game?

No, I can't:

Are you going?

Sure:

Aubin asked me

to stay overtime... No way!

Tonight is special!

I'm going to the theater:

What are they playing?

Carmen!

I don't like operas:

Movies are better:

I'm going dancing tonight:

Give me a smoke:

All that singing

gives me a pain:

I like movies better:

You've said so already:

See you tomorrow:

My love...

Oh my love:

Genevive,

my little Genevive:

Guy, I love you:

You smell of gasoline:

It's just another perfume:

Guy, I love you

Oh Guy, I love you:

A customer, I must run:

See you at 8

in front of the theater:

I've thought of you all day!

Would you like

to go dancing later?

If you wish:

Can I help you?

An umbrella:

Where were you?

Just across the street:

Have you decided

which kind you would like?

An umbrella:

A black umbrella:

Genevive, show the gentleman

the umbrellas:

Is that you, Guy?

Good evening, Aunt Elise:

Good evening, my boy:

How are your legs?

Fine, my boy:

What are you up to?

I'm hungry:

You'll spoil your appetite:

I do what I please:

Calm down and talk to me:

I haven't much time:

You seem very nervous:

I'm going out:

Alone?

None of your business:

I think it is:

With a girl:

Do you love her?

It could be:

Tell me the truth:

Yes, I love her:

What's the matter?

You're crying!

No, I'm not:

I can see that you are:

Is it because you are lonely?

I am not lonely:

I have my books:

Madeleine will give me my shot:

She will keep me company:

What then?

Maybe happiness

makes me sad:

That's silly:

You big brute,

you're messing up my hair:

Good evening, Guy:

Good evening, Madeleine:

You are sad:

You seem happy:

Does it show?

I had a terrible time...

Why?

Persuading Mother:

It was getting late,

and the seamstress was late:

Look:

Careful,

it is still full of pins:

You know,

I think

she suspects something:

Who?

Mother:

When I said I was going

to the theater with Ccile,

she gave me

a funny look:

What kind of a look?

Like that:

She knows quite well

that Ccile hates shows,

and as I am a very bad liar...

That's what you say!

I assure you, I'm very awkward:

I stammered, I blushed...

I immediately

changed the subject:

Something squeezed:

Something?

Lemon:

The same:

Do you love me?

A mambo, let's go!

I should have changed shoes:

We will have children:

I will call my daughter

Franoise:

And if it's a boy?

It will be a girl:

We've always had girls

in the family:

One o'clock:

If Mother is not asleep,

what a scene there will be:

I should wear make-up,

don't you think?

You're lovely as you are:

A little bit here:

Where?

There:

We will sell umbrellas:

No, not umbrellas:

We will sell the shop:

We will buy a gas station:

Why? What an idea!

All white, with an office,

you will see:

You'll smell of gas all day:

What happiness...

We will be very happy...

And we will stay in love...

You haven't told your mother?

Not yet:

Why? You're a coward:

You must not get mad:

I know what she will say:

What?

"My little girl, you're crazy:

Thinking of marriage at your age!"

My little girl, you're crazy:

Thinking of marriage at 16!

17:

In love!

Am I too ugly or too stupid?

No, you're not ugly:

You're not the fairest of them all,

but you're neither ugly nor dumb:

The thing is,

you have plenty of time:

You think you are in love:

But love is something different:

You do not just fall

in love with a face

that you've seen in the street:

He is a young man

whom I've met several times

and he loves me:

We want to get married:

You do not answer?

I am flabbergasted:

I went with him

to the theater last night:

Great!

So you lied to me and...

you admit it

without any shame:

There is no shame

in wanting to get married:

At your age, there is...

well, no...

You are a little girl,

very little:

You know nothing:

It's not with what you taught me

that I can manage:

When I married your Dad,

I knew nothing:

That's not something

to brag about:

The paint shop, please?

Next door:

How old is he?

20:

Obviously,

he hasn't been in the army:

He lives with his godmother,

the lady who raised him:

He only has me,

and you will see,

he is very handsome:

I will see nothing at all:

But Mother...

Go upstairs to the apartment:

It is time to fix lunch:

Genevive!

We are ruined!

You always exaggerate:

80,000 francs I have to pay

before the 15th:
Is that funny?

And if you don't pay?

They will seize our property:

I will get a job:

What sort of a job?

Anything:

Post Office or City Hall?

Why not?

You understand,

if I get married,

Guy and I will work,

and we will help you:

But, my little girl,

it is out of the question

for you to marry:

Take that away:

You're in my way:

Anyway,

what can he do?

Can he support you?

Raise children?

He's not rich:

We will live modestly,

and we won't have

children right away:

No, but one at least:

He is not the one

who will pay my taxes:

There isn't a penny left

in the till:

Sell your jewels:

My jewels, never!

What good are they?

You don't even look at them:

What if there's

an emergency?

What is happening,

isn't it an emergency?

Impossible! If I'd sell

my jewels, I'd feel...

stripped and naked:

Find something else:

Something else?

We have nothing:

Then, sell the shop:

Stupid!

What will we live on?

After all, a jewel is just a jewel:

Should I change

my hair style?

My engagement ring...

It's atrocious:

This bracelet...

I could never wear it:

Nobody will want that:

And your necklace?

My necklace, you think?

That'd be a crime:

No, I'll never part with it:

Anyway, it's probably fake:

Come on! After all,

it's not that pretty:

This afternoon,

we will go to Mr: Dubourg:

Then I'll have my hair done:

How beautiful!

Truly marvelous:

Isn't it?

This is a mighty stone...

if I may say so...

Here are

rubies, sapphires, emeralds:

Ali Baba's cave:

The jewels...

of Sleeping Beauty:

Hello, Mrs:
Emery:

Hello, Miss Genevive:

Hello, Mr:
Dubourg:

Allow me...

Please:

The young miss...

has become very pretty:

It's been such a long time...

since I had the pleasure...

But what can I do for you?

You may speak frankly:

We are in

an embarrassing situation:

Genevive helps me

as much as she can:

It has nothing to do with her:

But I have heavy expenses

and I thought...

Well...

I have a payment to meet

and if I don't,

consequences will be dire:

So I come to you

as to my savior...

I hesitated a long time,

and Genevive,

who is the voice

of wisdom and reason,

persuaded me...

It breaks my heart

to be forced to give up

this jewel, which to me

represents...

I understand, dear Madame,

but my business is risky

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