EditLes parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

With a respectful list of film prize nominations and winner awards, this romantic pop opera is the second part of an informal trilogy. The stars Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo make a memorable performance. With the beautiful music, written by Michel Legrand, the national and the international reception of “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” is warm and with applauses. The story in this romantic drama begins in 1957. Guy Foucher (Nino Castelnuovo), is a 20-years-old French auto mechanic, who falls in love with the 3 years younger Geneviève Emery (Catherine Deneuve). The charming girl works in her widowed mother's umbrella shop. The young lovers are happy together until the day in which Guy leaves for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria. The night before, Geneviève and Guy make love and she becomes pregnant. This event forces the young girl to make a very difficult life choice.