France / West Germany,
1964, 87 min
Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Jean RabierComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Jacques Demy, Paul Pavel, Dorothée Blanck, Ellen Farner, Michel Legrand, Philippe Dumat (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a beautiful young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). Their brief romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian War. (MUBI)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1966 - Jacques Demy (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1966 - Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1966 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- 1966 - Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment
- 1965 - Jacques Demy (Best Foreign Language Film)
Golden Globes
- 1966 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Cannes Film Festival
- 1964 - Jacques Demy (Grand Prize)
- 1964 - Jacques Demy (C.S.T. Prize)