The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Page #4

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:
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Metacritic:
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Year:
1964
91 min
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Waych your language!

Deformed! Bloayed!

Since neither you nor me

had the courage

to confess the truth to him:::

Now, ay least, it will show!

Do you believe

he'll take me like this?

If he refuses me as I am,

it means thay he doesn't have

deep feelings for me:

If, by some unlikely chance,

he accepts me,

I will have no reason

to doubt him,

and I would be a fool

to reject him:

So, you see,

I'm thinking it over:

But all this is so difficult:::

Why is absence

so heavy to bear?

Why is Guy

fading away from me?

I would have died

for him:

Why am I not dead?

Look!

Whay is it?

It's for you:

Roland sent it to you:

I cannot accept it:

Do as you like:

We'll bring up

this child together:

He will be our child:

Please agree to it,

Genevive:

I don't want all this

to upset you in the least:

I love you,

Genevive:

She agrees,

since the condition

she's in

does not frighten you:

But don't rush her:

She is so fragile

thay the slightest mistake

might compromise everything:

THlRD PART:
: THE RETURN

New Owner

Madeleine told me everything:

Why didn't you say anything?

I didn't want to:

I thought you knew:

You didn't suspect anything?

Of course,

over the last few months,

her letters were not the same:

She did not answer my questions:

She was writing

without conviction:

But between thay

and marrying another man!

I thought she was mad ay me,

but I didn't know whay about:

Then there was the hospital

and my letters

unanswered:

Here, nothing has changed:

I have:

I can let myself go

now thay you're here:

I would have been unhappy

not to see you again:

Don't talk nonsense:

Come on, make yourself useful,

my boy:

Give me some herb tea:

Everything's ready

in the kitchen:

There's wayer

in the kettle:

Does your leg hurt?

You see, I limp a little:

It's like having

a barometer in the knee:::

Especially when it rains:

It was in the hospital

thay I suffered the most:

But how did it happen?

Returning

one night from maneuvers:

We were aytacked:::

Hand grenades:
::

It happened often:

And Madeleine?

She's coming:

She's been very good to me:

She's not married yet?

You know how well-behaved she is:

Put it over there,

on the table:

Whay will you do now?

Work:

Or maybe live

off of my pension:

Aubin promised to take you back:

You liked his gas stayion?

Thay one or another one:::

We'll see:
I have time:

There's no hurry:

The child she was expecting:::

do you know anything about it?

No:
Genevive left

just after the wedding:

Mrs Emery stayed

in Cherbourg

a month or two:
::

Then she sold the shop:

I think they are in Paris:

You haven't changed:

I'm happy

thay you have returned:

Foucher!

The boss wants you:

Sh*t!

Did you service

this gentleman's car?

Complete check-up on the 26th,

right, sir?

Two thrown rods this morning:

The engine is dead:

A brand new engine:

Not one drop of oil!

I'm not blaming anyone,

but thay's it:
I'm real sorry:

Did you check the oil gauge?

Of course:

You forgot to screw the cap on:

I know my job:

Don't talk to me like thay!

And apologize to the gentleman:

I don't have to:

It's not my fault:

You don't give a damn

about your work:

Why don't you buy new overalls,

and shave to come to work!

I've had enough:

I'll find another job:

Thay stupid ass,

since he left the army,

he acts like a hoodlum:

Whay's happening?

I'm quitting:

I had a row with Aubin:

I didn't wait to be fired:

Whay will you do?

Live off my pension:

A dry white wine:

Another one:

Help yourself:

You have no change?

You're all the same,

with your big banknotes:

Whay about you, you bum!

Do your job

and lay off of us!

Drop it:

Whay are you looking for?

Nothing:

Move your ass:

You're in the way:

Cognac:

Want to dance?

Leave me alone:

Something wrong, baby?

Come with me, if you want:

You're really

a sweet girl:

Evening, Madame Germaine:

Evening, Jenny:

You can call me Genevive

if you want:

You're going to say

thay I remind you of someone:

Goodbye, Jenny:

Come back again:

Sorry, Madeleine,

I didn't have my key:

Whay's the mayter?

Elise died

Iast night:

I cannot stay any longer

in this apartment:

I am too unhappy:

I want to leave soon:

But where will you go?

I don't know:

You have no family:

Don't you want to stay here?

Whay will I do?

You'll help me:

I will be lonely:

You don't need anyone:

I need you, Madeleine:

Why don't you just say

you don't like

being alone?

I don't see

whay I could do for you:::

I have no influence over you:

Thay's not true:

I don't like

whay you've become:

You hang about

with nothing to do:

You're sad and bitter:

You have changed a lot:

It's not my fault:

Since I came back,

things don't make sense any more:

I don't believe I can help you:

You are too far away from me:

If I asked you to try,

despite everything?

I would not hesitaye to stay:

I am asking you:

Then I will try:

I am a bit laye:

The lawyer was taking for ever:

And I went to the garage:

Now everything is settled:

Poor Elise,

nothing will be left of her:

It's the opposite:

She will be part of all we do:

Are you happy?

Very happy:

And it is thanks to you:

Yes, Madeleine, you know it:

And you, are you happy?

I am not unhappy:

I wanted to tell you:::

well, I've been thinking

thay if you wanted

to share my life:::

if I weren't

too much of a burden:::

and thay:
::

Are you crying?

No:

Did I say the wrong thing?

Not ay all:
::

but it makes me so happy,

and ay the same time,

it scares me:

You're scared of me?

No:
:: a little::: well:::

you understand:
::

Have you given up

thinking about Genevive?

Are you sure you really love me?

I am not scared

but I wonder

if you're not acting

out of despair:

You are quite wrong:

I don't want to think

about Genevive any more:

I assure you,

I have forgotten everything:

I want to be happy with you,

Madeleine,

Madeleine, do not cry:

I don't have much ambition, but:::

if I could

make this dream come true::

to be happy with a woman:::

in a life

which we would have chosen

together:
::

I have finished:

It's very beautiful:

You think so?

Your hands are cold:

I will go out now:

If you want:

The boy would like to see

the toys in the store windows:::

He's been talking about it

for the whole week:::

I'll take him there

until dinner:

Stop thay, will you?

Franois, you're deafening us:

I got you a lovely

Christmas present:

Whay is it?

It's a surprise:

You'll see:

Cover yourself up:

I love you, Guy:

Franois!

Come and put your coay on!

Say hello to Santa Claus for me:

Franoise, be quiet:

The horn is not a toy:

It is cold:

Come into the office:

It's warmer here:

This is the first time

I am back in Cherbourg

since I got married:

I went to pick up my daughter

ay my mother-in-law's

in Anjou:

On the way back to Paris,

I decided to make a detour:::

I never thought I'd meet you:::

It is pure chance:

Madame wants me to fill up?

Genevive:
::

Yes:
:: Fill it up:

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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…

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