The umbrellas of cherbourg, jacques demy, 1964 intro. A completely sung movie, the umbrellas of cherbourg is closest in form to a. If you are reading this, i am assuming you already know about the great professional partnership between filmmaker jacques demy and composer michel legrand. The film dialogue is all sung as recitative, including casual conversation, and is sungthrough, or throughcomposed like some operas and stage musicals. In the main roles, catherine deneuve and nino castelnuovo. Catherine deneuve, nino castelnuovo, anne vernon genre.
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With catherine deneuve, nino castelnuovo, anne vernon, marc michel. The umbrellas of cherbourg film by demy 1964 britannica. Watch the umbrellas of cherbourg english subtitled. Michel legrands abundantly lyrical soundtrack to jacques demys 1964 movie musical the umbrellas of cherbourg faithfully evokes the films predominant theme of young love foiled by adult reality.
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