Episode 193 – Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Trevor, David and Scott share their deep love of this magical film, so stop what you're doing and watch (or at least listen to) what happens.

In this episode, Trevor Berrett, David Blakeslee and Scott Nye discuss Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

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 is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

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TRAILER

Criterion
New York Times (1964)
Harvard Crimson (1966)
Criterion Now (with guest Josh Larsen of the Filmspotting podcast discussing the film)
BFI
Combustible Celluloid
Criterion Confessions
Film School Rejects
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Only the Cinema
Ozu’s World
PopMatters
ReelViews
Roger Ebert
Slant
The Guardian
Thrill Me Softly
Vague Visages

EPISODE CREDITS

Trevor Berrett (Twitter / The Mookse and the Gripes)
David Blakeslee (Twitter / Criterion Reflections)
Scott Nye (Twitter / Battleship Pretension)