2026 Sarasota Film Festival
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [SPOTLIGHT]
Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Narrative Feature
Rain splashes on cobblestone streets, multi-colored parapluies pop up against pastel walls, and ardent lovers rendezvous, while music fills the air. It’s all on the rues de Cherbourg, on which Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castellnuovo meet, in the most ethereal of creations. A 4K restoration of this classic one-of-a-kind musical.
Directed by Jacques Demy
Screening Details
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT
Ends 8:00 PM EDT
Cinebistro
About This Event
The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, recently tutnrf 60, remains one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time – and as beautiful as ever in this 4K restoration.
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel
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