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.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was released in 1964 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 447 reviews, giving The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) an average rating of 79%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 87% and users giving an average score of 87%.
With a score of 79%, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1964, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1964 with similar scores include films like Zorba the Greek and Becket.
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