The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 32,931 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Demy
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 998 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:11 THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
00:07:13 Is that you, Guy?
00:10:44 You know
00:13:39 Not yet.
00:15:57 I will see nothing at all.
00:18:35 Nobody will want that.
00:21:14 At best, I can put your necklace up for sale
00:23:54 Anyway, Mr. Cassard will be here soon
00:26:53 Now I´m laughing because I realize
00:30:30 Guy, I love you.
00:35:13 He was sorry he missed you.
00:40:58 He gave me a prescription.
00:43:44 What do you mean?
00:47:03 I´ll leave you now. I´m not feeIing too well.
00:50:32 I think only of her...
00:55:54 changing the wallpaper in the shop.
00:58:25 He´s not a womanizer, a smooth taIker on the prowl
01:01:19 It´s for you.
01:06:11 in the kitchen.
01:09:48 I´m not blaming anyone, but that´s it. I´m real sorry.
01:14:48 Come back again.
01:18:48 She will be part of all we do.
01:21:37 I´ll take him there until dinner.
80:00:00 before the 15th. Is that funny?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed998
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:01:11
Final line80:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJacques Demy
LanguageFrench
Budget$200,000
Revenue$7,600,000
IMDb votes32,931