60th Anniversary 4K Restoration

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg)
Directed by Jacques Demy

Saturday, December 21, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS

$12 | $8 Speed members

“An operatic masterpiece of romanticism.”—Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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. 1964, France, 4K DCP, 92 minutes.