Terrific Movie Tuesdays

'Umbrellas of Cherbourg'

On Tuesday September 3rd at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library will screen the film Umbrellas of Cherbourg.' The film will be screened in the second floor meeting room.

"An 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 the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

Winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival." (Kanopy-Umbrellas of Cherbourg.) 

Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie, cited Umbrellas of Cherbourg as a major influence on Barbie's cinematography. We are showing Barbie on August 27th so if you come to both films you can see how the one film influenced the other.   

France, 1964, Unrated, 1hour, 32 min.

This film is in French with English subtitles and is intended for mature audiences.

We are very grateful to the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library for sponsoring this screening.  

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