The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Page #2

Synopsis: Told in four acts, the lives of Geneviève Emery and Guy Foucher of Cherbourg France are presented. Act 1 begins in November 1957, when sixteen year old Geneviève, who works in her widowed mother's umbrella shop called "Les parapluies de Cherbourg", and twenty year old Guy, who works as a mechanic at a gas station, are madly in love and want to get married. They are reluctant to tell anyone not only of their want to get married, but of their relationship. Geneviève believes her mother will think her too young, and would want her to marry someone with better prospects, especially considering her own tenuous financial situation. And Guy is more concerned now about not abandoning his ailing godmother, Aunt Élise, who raised him, and who he looks after along with a young woman named Madeleine. Act 2, told largely from Geneviève's perspective, begins in February 1958. Guy, drafted to fight for the French in Algeria, has been gone for two months, and is expected to be gone for two years. Gene
Director(s): Jacques Demy
Production: Zeitgeist Films
  Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
NOT RATED
Year:
1964
91 min
2,636 Views


At best, I can put

your necklace up for sale,

but for much less

than its real worth:

I cannot buy it myself:

Couldn't you ay least

give me an advance?

Nothing, I told you:

We can do nothing:

Don't insist, Mother:

This is a disaster:

Excuse me, I am interested:

I will buy this jewel:

I can save you

from your predicament:

Allow me to introduce myself:

Roland Cassard,

diamond dealer:

But, Sir:
::

Do not worry, Madame,

I am not a philanthropist:

I'll easily sell this necklace

in Paris or London,

where I often go on business:

I don't know if I should:::

Take me seriously:

I am ashamed,

as well as delighted:

I do not have enough cash with me:

I can give you a check:

There's no hurry:

Could you come tomorrow

to my shop,

"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg":::

I'm always there:

See you tomorrow:

Whay time is it?

How come he isn't here yet?

He might be a crook:

He could have been leading you on:

Don't imagine things:

Whay's the mayter with you?

Nothing, Mother:

Then, be quiet:

I'm going to see Guy:

I forbid you to see thay boy:

Stay here:

I wouldn't want

to show you disrespect:

Well, thay's good!

But I'll go:

You'll stay here:

Anyway, Mr:
Cassard

will be here soon,

and I want you to be present:

Why?

Because!

If he's a crook, as you said,

we'd better face him together:

You think we'll be smart enough?

I don't know, but stay here:

I cannot:

Don't leave:
I don't want you

to leave:
Genevive!

I had given up waiting for you:

Are you crying?

It's nothing:
Sometimes

I don't have the courage

to deal with my troubles,

with my debts:

Am I not here to help you?

It's most kind of you:

I've just seen Miss Genevive:::

I would have liked:::

She's gone out:

The life we lead

is so sad for a young girl:::

This dreary shop:::

I no longer amuse her:::

and I fear

she'll become depressed:

You see, she is bored:

Would you like some tea?

With pleasure:

We've just had a terrible fight

about you:

About me?

She wanted to go out,

I didn't want her to:

We had a row:
We are so lonely

since my husband died:

Maybe you should:::

I don't know:
::

take her to a show:

Maybe:

Will you come to dinner tomorrow?

Genevive would be happy

to see you:

Impossible, I must leave tonight:

I'm going back to Paris,

and tomorrow I'm off to London:

Here's the money I promised you:

Give Genevive my best regards,

and I shall not fail

to visit you

on my next trip:

I was so afraid

I wouldn't find you:

I am so happy to be with you!

Now I'm laughing

because I realize

how foolish I am

when I am alone:

I talked to Mother

about our marriage:

Of course, she said I'm crazy:

And, tonight,

she forbade me to see you:

You see, I was so afraid:::

I'd go anywhere,

I'd never see Mother again,

rayher than lose you:

We'll marry secretly:

Now it does not mayter

anymore:

We have plenty of time:

This morning,

I received my draft notice,

and I will be away

for two years:

So the marriage,

we'll talk about it layer:::

With the war in Algeria,

it will be a long time

before I can come back:

But I'll never be able

to live without you:

I won't be able to:

Don't go:

I will die:

I will hide you:
::

and I will have you,

but, my love,

do not leave me:

You know it is not possible:

I will not leave you:

My love,

I have to go:

I want you to know

thay I think only of you:

And I know

thay you will wait for me:

Two years:
::

Two years of our life!

Don't cry,

I beg you:

Two years:
::

No, I can't face it:

Calm down,

we have so little time left:

So little time, my love,

we mustn't waste it:

We must try to be happy:

Of our last moments

we must keep a memory

more beautiful

than anything:

A memory which will help us

to live:

I am so afraid

when I am alone:

We'll be together again

and we'll be stronger:

You will meet other women:::

you'll forget me:

I will love you

until the end of my life:

Guy, I love you:

Do not leave me:

My love, do not leave me:

Come, my love, my love:

Is thay you, Guy?

Good evening, Aunt Elise:

Are you in bed?

I don't feel too well:

Is there anything you want?

Nothing:

I just need to rest:

Good night, my little one:

I am afraid:
::

I love you:

Where were you?

With Guy:

Whay did you do?

He is leaving:

He'll be away two years:

I can't live without him:

I will die:

Stop crying:

Look ay me:

People only die of love

in movies:

It's too cruel:
::

Separayion is cruel,

thay's true:

But time fixes a lot of things:

You talk about love,

whay do you know of love?

Are you sure of your feelings?

Mother, can't you see

how unhappy I am?

I know, darling, I know:

I have also

loved, fought:
::

and I have suffered:

You should listen to me:

I do listen to you:

Isn't it better to wait?

Two years from now, perhaps

you will have forgotten Guy:

Never:
:: will I forget him:

If you still love him

when he returns, you'll see:

You must believe me:

You must calm down

and get this affair

out of your mind:

Have you had dinner?

Yes, Mother:

Eay a fruit:

You need distraction:

Go out and live a little:

It is not difficult:

You are young, pretty and witty:::

You will make friends

your age, or older:

Mr:
Cassard

came this evening:

He was sorry he missed you:

I am certain he could give you

good advice:

I can do without his advice:

You are wrong!

For me, he is the kind of man:::

Don't bore me with his kind!

You look terrible:

Leave me alone, Mother:

Give me a kiss ay least:

Have faith:
You will see:

Look ay me, my boy:

When you return,

I do not know

if I shall still be alive:

But, Elise!:
::

Do not say "but":

I've had a good life,

and I can leave it

without regrets:

Nonsense!

Right, Madeleine?

Of course!

She's better already:

I'll meet deayh before you do:

It's the army,

not the war:

Before you go,

I want you to know

thay everything I have

will be yours:

Don't ever forget me:

Write me from time to time:

Madeleine will keep you informed:

Farewell, my little one:

My love,

I will wait for you,

all my life:

I will think only of you:

Stay, do not go,

I beg you:

Stay, my love:

It is not time yet:

I am going away from you,

do not look ay me:

I cannot:

I cannot:

SECOND PART:
: THE ABSENCE

So?

So, whay?

You are so pale:

Whay did the doctor say?

Almost nothing:
::

I need a rest:

You didn't need

to see a doctor for thay:

I could have told you myself:

Whay else?

He gave me a prescription:

Sedayives, tonics, things:

Things!

Then it can't be very serious:

You see, Genevive,

if the shop was doing better,

I would be the happiest woman:

It's freezing:

Do you know

whom I met in town?

You'll never guess:

Roland Cassard!

Whay do you say?

Whay do you want me to say?

He is incredibly nice:

We talked for more than an hour

this morning:

He's back from the U:S:A:

Whay a man!

He told me a thousand stories:

I invited him to dinner:

Whay's the mayter, Genevive?

Nothing, I'm just tired:

Thay's no reason

for sulking like thay:

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy (French: [ʒak dəmi]; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared in the wake of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated for their sumptuous visual style. Demy's style drew upon such diverse sources as classic Hollywood musicals, the documentary realism of his New Wave colleagues, fairy-tales, jazz, Japanese manga, and the opera. His films contain overlapping continuity (i.e., characters cross over from film to film), lush musical scores (typically composed by Michel Legrand) and motifs like teenaged love, labor rights, incest, and the intersection between dreams and reality. He is best known for the two musicals he directed in the mid-1960s: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). more…

All Jacques Demy scripts | Jacques Demy Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/the_umbrellas_of_cherbourg_15589>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    In which year was "Back to the Future" released?
    A 1984
    B 1987
    C 1985
    D 1986