HoldenIsHere Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thank you, TCM, for airing this morning Jacques Demy's wonderful THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, featuring the music of Michel Legrand and a very young Catherine Deneuve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM108 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I can't believe that a soap operaish movie where the women all dress in pink and everyone sings to each other is among my favorite movies ever, but then The Umbrellas of Cherbourg so transcends traditional categories that it's pretty much a genre of its own. I could watch this movie once a year for the rest of my life and never tire of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 AndyM108, you are so correct that THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG transcends genres. There are people who don't like traditional "musicals" who love this movie and those who generally don't like French films who love this movie. For those who love THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, I recommend Christophe Honor?'s LES CHANSONS D'AMOUR (LOVE SONGS) which features Catherine Deneuve's daughter Chiara Mastroianni. You should watch this movie without reading anything about the plot to better appreciate the twists (two major ones) of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Don't forget thte garish color palette. Gotta love that wallpaper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 One of the most romantic movie musicals ever made and proof that sometimes crazy ideas actually work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 There was a quasi sequel made a few years later by Jacques Demi, called Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, or The Young Girls of Rochefort. It starred Catherine Deneuve and her sister Fran?oise Dorl?ac, playing sisters. The music is also by Michel Legrand. It is fully as charming and engaging a movie as Umbrellas. An added benefit is the presence of Gene Kelly. I look forward to TCM showing it in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 *There was a quasi sequel made a few years later by Jacques Demi, called Les Demoiselles de Rochefort....I look forward to TCM showing it in the future.* That would be wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twtpark Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 What a surprise! The color! The music! The acting! That wonderful ending in the snow! All singing musicals like "Les Miz" are a turn off to me...but "Umbrellas"was different. There have been stage versions of this charmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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