Episode 193 – Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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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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EPISODE LINKS

• 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)