The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jacques Demy's 1964 masterpiece is a pop-art opera, or, to borrow the director's own description, a film in song. 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 (a luminous Catherine Deneuve), 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 (Marc Michel, reprising his role from Demy's masterful debut, Lola). A completely sung movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is closest in form to a cinematic opera. Composer Michel Legrand composed the score, modeling it around the patterns of everyday conversation.
Date and Time
Saturday Mar 17, 2018
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
Saturday, March 17th 7:30pm
Location
Lincoln Theatre
712 S 1st St
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Fees/Admission
Lincoln Theatre Members get a $2 discount on the following prices: General: $10.50
Seniors, Students and Active Military: $9.50
Children 12 and under: $8.00
Contact Information
Brandy Young
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