Parapluies de Cherbourg (Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Fan Trailer

[MrLombreeze]

Bravo

[tobybootje]

It reminds me of my first love, even in those days and he was also called Guy.

It pains me because I never saw him again ...

[bervy8]

My god, everyone in this movie is gorgeous, and this trailer was wonderfully done, whoever you are.

[snootbox]

Odd thing, with the husband's being a diamond merchant, I didn't seen any flashy diamond ring on Genevieve's hand!

[snootbox]

My favorite scene here is when Genvieve ran from the umbrella shop into Guy's arms. You did a wonderful job slowing that rich moment down - beautiful!!!

Michel LeGrand is my favorite living composer. I had the amazing privilege of meeting and speaking with him (in French) years ago in a small South Florida dinner club where he was dining before performing. He is a truly modest, kind, and unassuming gentleman, despite his fame and musical genius - with a soul as beautiful as his melodies!!

[snootbox]

Thanks! Nice job! But why did you end with the earlier train station scene? All along you were showing the progression of the movie so I feel it should have ended with the final scene at the gas station in the snow. Being jerked back at the end to the earlier scene was a little discombobulating!

[psychomusicanana]

Wonderful vid! I saw it only once as a teenager. I remember blubbering away and then making up some silly excuse not to think well of the film; I think my parents were contemptuous of sentimentality and I had to follow suit. I have finally decided to see the film again, as it has never stopped haunting me.

A girl's father (whom she cannot have) is her only love. That's why the film works. It should not have been so touching any other way.

[zoniamp]

Great job! Thank you for posting as this is one of my favorite films & soundtrack.

[FASHIONCONSPIRACY]

we like your post so much...before viewing we did a film tribute......thumbs up !

[yarmo28]

You did an excellent job editing - it is truly a beautiful and sad film. When I was a teenager, Catherine Deneuve was the ideal of beauty and love - fragile and sad.

[izlude2]

Roland Cassard is yummy!!!!!!!

[sorted2]

That is fantastic. Made by someone who loves or at least knows the film.  Thank you, merci and danke x :)

[gsclub77]

This video is excellent thanks!!!!!!!!!!

[slownoman]

Possibly the most transcendently beautiful film ever made. Yes, it took me a few minutes to "get" that the whole thing was going to be sung- in French! But the story, the acting, the cinematography were so deeply moving I soon forgot the singing. And Catherine Deneuve doesn't hurt- one of the most beautiful women ever to walk the face of the earth- or float slightly above it.

[JezzesKaresz2]

szerintem a világ legszebb szerzeménye !!!! grapelli best of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kittycrunch456]

this is the only musical i luv & respect. everything about it is soo beatiful & sadly tragic. he should have nvr left her in the 1st place...

[lotusbuds2000]

Simply fine...his playing is the essense/the mood...

[NYCBG]

Ah... Grappelli

[inisk]

Beautiful, and to listen to Stephane Grappeli play the theme tune, beautiful.

[mauricioD]

Excellent choice of images and that you would choose Stephane Grapelli's performance (album?) makes them all so much more compelling. I'm coming back regurarly. Congratulations.

[austingunsmoke]

I remember as a young boy(I'm 50 now)I was watching a Chanel TV commercial and I saw Catherine and imediately quipped to my Mom "She's real pretty huh Mom?" and my mom who was very pretty too said "yes she sure is son,some say she's the most beautiful woman in the world" as so soon as I ever seen her in my life I was awestruck at her face..her beauty

[keilat711]

@austingunsmoke

C'est vrai. Elle avait une beauté émouvante...

[allieree]

There are many beautiful actress and models, but I think the young Catherine Deneuve outshines them all. She is absolute perfection.

[leoleff]

qué bella. gracias

[cubanmiamiboy]

Genevieve has a lot in common with Scarlet O'hara: they're both the anti-heroin "per se"...they proved to be less than perfect, and yet, one feels like they're just regular women who don't fall under what seems to be the "correct" pathaway, but instead they go and do what they think is best for them. That's why their characteres and never outdated. That's just life...made by real people who sometimes are not able to see what is "right" or "wrong"-(or at least what society think it is...)

[psychomusicanana]

@cubanmiamiboy beg to differ; Genevieve was victim and Scarlet, although also victimized was an opportunistic sociopath. That's why it's SO gratifying when Gable just picks her up and carries her to bed; no woman is too wily for a good "shtup."

[dylanmaniac]

Great job, particularly that ending! Grappelli's music is always welcome.

Deneuve was and is glorious.

I also liked how you spotlighted Ellen Farner, who plays Deneuve's rival in the film. She's forgotten today (her career ended in 1967), but she was quite lovely.

[sorted2]

@dylanmaniac I didn't even know that beautiful woman's name. Thank you for shining a light on her

[venetian888]

Catherine Deneuve was and still is stunningly beautiful.

[tomandjerryshow2]

sad movie

[ROMANABSOLUT]

@esterinosevilla : you are wrong ! It's not HIS fault, but HER !!! Women forget so easy !!

[bombshelly02]

This is my favourite film of all time, even listening to the music chokes me up.

[esterinosevilla]

How much I HATE Roland Cassard...!

[Agnes197]

Piękna,refleksyjna muzyka.Uwielbiam ją.

[JezzesKaresz]

a világ legnagyobb szerzeménye.

[highlandsh]

Stephane Grappelli, the original jazz violinist.

[Salmagundiii]

well done trailer!

[slownoman]

one of the most hauntingly beautiful films ever made- visually, musically, thematically. If your heart doesn't break a little watching "Cherbourg", it's a distinct possibility you don't have one. Deneauve..... oh, my. she makes today's crop of stars look like cheap tarts.

[lacis12]

and who is performing this magnificent music for trailer???

[rovingcrows]

The Answer is right there in the info... top right ;-)

[agassist17]

I always cry at the ending, the snow, and the ahunting theme song

[bombshelly02]

I bought this DVD in a shop, not knowing what I was watching, but it's a masterpiece. I can't believe that people have never heard of it.

[shia0123]

les parapluies de cherbourg is such a masterpiece with wonderful actors and music! also... this is such a well-made video! simply supreme! thank you! ;-)

[steakmonster]

Thanks - it was my 1st time editing - I'm now pretty good at it but I learnt doing this. I dearly love this film and its music also! I have spoken on it to university students. None had heard of it but 3 or 4 that I know of bought it after my talk! RESULT!!!

[LeliaCristiya]

that is cool, keep it up man

[MignonMe]

Wonderful film. So touching!

JM  : )

[salad103]

one of my favorites, thanks. one of a kind film, wouldn't change a thing.

[phenumpkin]

Holy Art Direction on this mf'er

[steakmonster]

Bit bright for ya huh?

[phenumpkin]

What??? it is utter gorgeousness

[steakmonster]

Ahh - I agree, but it was hard to tell what you meant with your 1st comment!

[doetim]

Does anyone know why the leading actor, Nino Castelnuovo, didn't go on to become more successful in films? He was very handsome and I'm surprised that he didn't become a bigger name.

[lfswitzer]

Salve! Voici donc la réponse à votre question;Nino did many others sucessiful mouvies after this one, but they remained restrained to the Latin European Countries like Italie, France, Spain, Switzerland!His last role was in... "The English Patient" 1996!He also turned his carrer to TV in an italian serie "I promessi sposi"!Today he's aged of 72 and he lives in Lecco, nothern Italy, sometimes he still make some appearences in Italian, French and Swiss television shows! Amitiés et salutations!

[doetim]

Thanks for the info Ifswitzer. You're right, he was in the English Patient, I always forget that he was in that movie, one of my favorite movies by the way.

[774892]

I think this as beautifuly made it is, would have made a more impact as a film if it was not a musical but with regular dialogues, and this theme song as the background. The story is tragic and the ending is heart breaking, mais c'est la vie.

[steakmonster]

I strongly disagree. This film is unique beacause of the sung dialouge. If it had been made differently it would have failed! This is why Jacques Demy resisted offers of part of the funding he wanted to make the film in B&W / without so much music etc.

[774892]

I think this as beautifuly made it is, would have made a more impact as a film if it was not a musical but with regular dialogues, and this theme song as the background. The story is tragic and the ending is heart breaking, mais c'est la vie.

[mylastlife]

War never does any good.

[bombshelly02]

I have only seen this film once and was so moved by it. Thanks for posting this video.

[moshesor]

stephane grappelli et michel legrand perfomance, tres beau, merci beaucoup, muchas gracias, thank u very much, todah..

[Skibumpis]

Although I have always loved the songs, I have never seen the movie before these abridged versions popped up here and I really enjoyed myself. Alas I too shall be unrequited.

[rshaddock]

Parapluies means umbrellas in French. When Guy left Genvieve in tears (falling water), and did not write, she needed protection. Cassard and other men in town offered security and an umbrella over her head.

[bricology]

Er...and the fact that Geneviève's mother owns an umbrella shop.

[BEEFYBAYONET]

....that happens to be called "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" :)

[smruizp]

Hey rshaddock!.

Why you don`t see the movie from the beggining?

Bye.. you Freud.

[iloveshoesdoyou]

awesome to see this classic running on youtube...superb....bravo....t­hank you, happy new year from new orleans...the french quarter reminds me of cherbourg in this film.....legrand deserved the oscar for i will wait for you or watch what happen..this takes me back to my childhood

[dlmaniac]

One of the best movie themes ever. Hail to Michel Legrand for such masterpiece.

[StephanAOTTO]

Message of this film:

If you love someone, tell them!

Leaving love unspoken only leaves room for someone else to steal the love that was meant for you, and that's not good.

[steakmonster]

How is this the message of the film? You are so far from the mark my friend!

[StephanAOTTO]

When Guy went away for military service, he stopped writing to Genvieve, leaving her(& her mother) to feel that she'd been forgotten, esp. considering the 'condition' in which he'd left her. This situation left plenty of room for RC to swoop in, marry G and give her the security she felt she didn't have because of Guy's unresponsiveness. That is what I meant.

[StephanAOTTO]

Prince Charles did the same thing when he went away for Naval service. He stopped calling & writing Camilla, leaving her feeling unloved & forgotten, leaving room for Mr. P-W to swoop in and marry her, leaving both C & PC totally miserable for the next 20+ years w/ partners they didn't really love because PC was too freakin' lazy to pick up a phone.

[StephanAOTTO]

Moral of both stories:

Pay more attention to your woman!!!!!

[steakmonster]

But Guy was injured for a time and could not write, then he did write and the replies from Genvieve were cold and didnt speak of love like they once had. I dont think it is as clear cut.

[StephanAOTTO]

As long as he could speak, he could have dictated a letter to her and told her what had happened to him right after it happened, then told her that he may not write for a time because of his injury, which would have gotten him sympathy, and not the cold(which I can totally understand) reception he received.

All he had to do was what they teach in the armed forces:Make an effort and improvise.

[StephanAOTTO]

When you care as much as he claimed to, and no doubt did, you do whatever it takes to get through. Otherwise, he has no reason to expect her faithfulness, esp. if she starts thinking of all the other things he may mave been doing instead of writing her, and without the injury info, what else could she be expected to do?

[xdombillyx]

That is not the meaning of the story. Even if he did write, she was already pregnant and alone. Then all of a sudden this charming, rich man is interested in her. It is real love vs. needs and wants. As much as you feel for someone, sometime real life gets in the way.

[StephanAOTTO]

He made her pregnant and he left her alone, therefore, it was his responsibility that her needs were met, since she'd put her young life on hold for him. The only "real life" which got in the way was the one with which she was burdened by him.

So, therefore, since he didn't take care of his responsibilities, he lost out. The "charming, rich" man was interested before she was pregnant, & (perhaps)saw her condition as leverage he wouldn't otherwise have.

[xdombillyx]

Guy had his chance in the end, though. The last scene when she comes back. She asks him if he wants to see Francoise and he says no. He could have gotten her back then.

And as for the other guy, he had means that Guy didn't. He was older and wealthier and did care about her. And we don't really know his side of the story as the movie centers her around her and Guy.

[StephanAOTTO]

He had his chance on her wedding day.

Too bad "The Graduate" was released after this movie. If anyone would know how to storm a place and take what he desired most, you'd think a soldier would know what to do. Alas, Guy screwed everything up becaue he didn't keep up his end of the bargain:she'd wait for him & he'd never let her forget how much he loved her.

He failed to complete that task, and, in the end, married one woman because another was no longer available to him.

[StephanAOTTO]

Point is, he screwed up-royally. There's really no other way to say it. By getting her pregnant, and then, leaving her in such a precarious state, Guy made Genvieve easy pickings or a man whose main attraction was security, not love.

He married his second choice.

She wound up w/ hair worse than her mothers'.

there are no winners in this story.

[xdombillyx]

But your original post was about if you love someone tell them. Well clearly Genvieve knew that he loved her. Not is not the issue or the point of this film.

[StephanAOTTO]

And he didn't tell her, as he'd promised, and look what happened. The longer he went w/out telling her, the more her mother insisted that she'd been used, and, therefore, her only option was going with the jeweler.

Genvieve was beside herself with worrying if Guy still loved her.

Her mother & Cassard were licking their chops.

Guy could have put a stop to all of that if he'd just followed through on his promise.

He didn't.

[xdombillyx]

But perhaps he didn't love her like he thought, then. He moved on, didn't he? He loves his wife and child enough to not even see Francoise.

[StephanAOTTO]

Then, in essence, her mother was right, and she was, to him, merely a temporary distraction.

Arm candy.

A status symbol.

Remember, I said IF you love someone, tell them. If he didn't really love her, then, this is all moot, he's a lousy cad, and she lost her virginity to a guy who's only interested in her as long as she's fulfilling his needs.

The more things change,......

[StephanAOTTO]

I'm not so sure that love for his wife prevented Guy from seeing Francoise. He probably didn't feel like being bothered with the hornet's nest which would have erupted had his wife come home, only to find Genvieve AND Francoise in Guy's arms.

That's real life.

Genvieve escaped a royal butt-kicking w/ only seconds to spare, or at the very least, a long, cold stare.

[StephanAOTTO]

It's a beautiful story...until one begins to think about it.

He used her.

She's too blind to see it.

Her mother's a dependent shrew.

Cassard's looking for someone young & firm for the ride home, etc.

But, looking past that, the moral still is:Tell her you love her or you'll end up losing her, & you'll wind up marrying your second choice.

No one wants to do that.

[xdombillyx]

I still don't think the story is as shrewd and simple as that. I think that what they had was love, and she knew it. Whether or not the reality was caused by him, then it seemed that she must love the jeweler out of necessity.

Moral: Passionate love exists, but it cannot conquer all. Everything is not perfect, reality exist.

[xdombillyx]

Still doesn't mean this isn't a beautiful story, but that's what I think makes it so beautiful: it's real. There is no REAL happy ending. The guy DOES NOT always get the girl.

[StephanAOTTO]

The guy gets the girl WHEN HE DOES HIS JOB.

YOU are resonbile for what happen in your life. No one else. He didn't get the girl because he didn't follow through. He caused his own unhappiness-period.

[xdombillyx]

He is not unhappy. Watch the last 30 seconds of the film. Guy's wife and child come back and he kisses her and then plays in the snow with his boy. He seems well off in the garage, and sure he got his second choice, but that doesn't mean he's not in love and not happy.

[StephanAOTTO]

If he was happy, then his face wouldn't have dopped all the way to China when genieve showed up. Yes, he was surprisd, but, also, he saw the woman he REALLY wanted standing right before him. He may love his wife, but not the w/ the intensity he had for genvieve, and his wife knows it, which is why she CAME RIGHT OUT & ASKED HIM if he married her because Genvieve wasn't around anymore.

He said 'no'.

I don't think she bought it, but she loved him, so she figured, "why not?"

[StephanAOTTO]

His wife knows that genvieve will always be "the gal who got away" for Guy, but, as so many woman do, she, perhaps, thinks that w/ time & much love from her, they can build something together, and, it seems that they did, though, underneath it all, his wife knows what's really going on.

Oy, the sacrifices some women make...

Maybe, she thought that she couldn't do any better, for some reason.

I've seen lots of mousier girls do that.

[xdombillyx]

True.

I think they because the loss of his aunt, they found a bond. She seemed like the shy type anyway. I think that to her it didn't matter that she was his second, because she still got him in the end.

[StephanAOTTO]

I'll agree, though I wonder if she wonders if he still wonders about Genvieve.....sort of like in "The Age Of Innocence", another BRILLIANT film about choices and romance, as I see it.

[xdombillyx]

I'm sure she does, but he doesn't really show signs of pondering after Genvieve. And they seem happy together.

[StephanAOTTO]

If he's smart, he wouldn't dare show any signs. Then again, he wasn't smart before, so....who knows what would happen?

Here's what I find odd. I point was about a simple principle which can be applied to real life, but somehow, you're talking about the "happiness" of a totally fictional couple.

[xdombillyx]

Though they may be fictional, their situation is not. I've seen it happen before (not exactly like the movie).

Besides, what does their status as real or not have to do with how one interprets the movie?

[StephanAOTTO]

Remember the "Murphy Brown" baby incident?

[xdombillyx]

No??

[StephanAOTTO]

Never mind.

Not important.

The thing is, I take one thing from this film.

You take another.

But, still, the responsibility for one's happiness rests in one's own hands, and happiness takes work & attention.

Nothing good happens if you just things lie around, neglected, which is what Guy did w/ Gen.

Not a good call.

[xdombillyx]

Again, your take on happiness. I feel if I try too much, I end up in over my head. But that's me.

I don't think he neglected Genvieve. She knew he loved her. She still chose the jeweler. She chose him because it was either that or wait for Guy, be broke, raise a kid on her own, and have her mother disappointed with her.

[StephanAOTTO]

Some try too much, mainly because their trying to be happy with something/someone which/whom was not meant for them.

Figure out what you want & makes you feel fulfilled.

Set a goal.

Make a plan.

Be realistic.

She chose him because she hadn't heard from Guy, & her mother was riding her hard.

Remember, she was only 8 months pregnant when she married.

[xdombillyx]

Still doesn't work for me. I worry too much.

But just because you haven't heard from a your lover, she said she'd wait. Surely if he was dead or whatnot then his aunt would know. She hadn't heard from him in less than 8 months... that's not that long of a time. Surely she saw something in the jeweler.

[StephanAOTTO]

8 months is an eternity when you're 16, pregnant, and in desperate need of rescue from your mother, Cruella DeVille.

Her other saw something in the jeweler.

Wait...have you seen the whole movie?

[xdombillyx]

Yes, I've seen the whole movie.

And really, 8 months is not that long, even for someone that's 16 (I'm relatively close to that age).

And I don't think Genvieve really cared what her mom thought. After all she was with Guy knowing that her mom disapproved. She was doing this for herself.

[StephanAOTTO]

Trust me, it's longer than you think.

genvieve cared what her mom thought.

What girl isn't rebellious at 16?

And, Guy was HOT!

That, for Genvieve, made the waiting all the more nerve-wracking. When you love someone who's that hot & far away, all kinds of thoughts as to what he's doing when you're not around begin to flood your brain. He promised to keep in touch.

He didn't, at a time where she felt scared and alone.

She chose security over uncertainty.

That is all.

[xdombillyx]

Which was my point to begin with.

[StephanAOTTO]

MY point is that she wouldn't have gone with Cassard if Guy had kept in touch with her, as he'd promised. She was alone because he'd stopped writing to her. She went with Cassard because she thought that Guy didn't care, thus, my point, if you don't tell the one you love how you fell, you will leave an opening for someone else to take them for their own, and away from you.

That is my point.

[StephanAOTTO]

Billy Joel said it best in "Tell Her About It".

'Cause now and then, she'll get to worrying

Just because you haven't spoken for so long.

And though you may nor have done anything,

will that be your consolation when she's gone?

That's the point.

[StephanAOTTO]

Whether for security or love, Genvieve went w/ Cassard because she didn't know if Guy still loved her because he stopped writing to her & telling her how he felt, which left her vulnerable to Cassard's avances-period!

She married Cassard because she thought that Guy no longer cared.

End of story.

[xdombillyx]

If you think that. There is no definite answer. We can argue this one way or the other.

[StephanAOTTO]

Yep, and we'll just go 'round and 'round, knowing that I am, indeed, always right.lol

Take care.

[xdombillyx]

Again, if you think that. :P

You, too. It was nice debating over the movie. Makes me love it even more.

[StephanAOTTO]

I don't think it....

I KNOW it!lol

[xdombillyx]

Just like a guy... :P

[StephanAOTTO]

It's a gift.

We don't own it.

[StephanAOTTO]

lol

[StephanAOTTO]

She didn't "love" him out of necessity. That's not love. That's shrewdness.

Moral of story:YOU are responsible for your own happiness. YOU make the choices which determine whether love will conquer all, not fate or anything else. There are responsibilities in love, as w/ everything else, & when you don't do your job, YOU place yourself in a position in which you won't want to be. Everything that happened is because of THEIR actions, nothing more. HE screwed up, and unded up w/ his 2nd choice.

[ranchoboyeros]

gorgeous film

[Ururuna]

Exelente !

[Kyung123]

Thanks for your wonderful posting. Could anyone tell ne who perform this music?  So good!!

[steakmonster]

I've said in the description!!! This is Stephen Grappelli's version of the main theme from the movie - it was recorded many years after the movie was made. There is very little instrumentle music in this movie you see - its pretty much all sung over - grab a copy and check the movie out - its amazing!

[willbraham]

If you play My Morning Jacket's, 'Anytime', it fits perfectly to this video(its exactly 3:50, like the video)! Try it out if you are a fan of the movie and the band. It kicks ass and gives the movie new life.

[willbraham]

this is so good I'm going to have to call you a bastard!

[baadpuddytat]

deneuve, castelnuovo, legrand, the sets, the final scene--one of the most gorgeous, sensual and heartbreaking films ever made.

[willbraham]

So true.

[louismatalon]

C'est un bel hommage à Michel Legrand!J'ai aussi une pensée pour Jacques Demy! En français cette chanson s'appele "Sur le Quai" & ce filme reste un petit chef-oeuvre du cinéma français!Je suis ravi de voire tant de gens qui partagent mes passions! Bravo à vous tous!

[esca7902]

wonderful montage thanks

[montysmoo]

i love this movie

[chevychase]

Nino Castelnuovo was the most handsome man ever. And what beautiful music Michel Legrand gave us! C'est magnifique!

[aveiks]

1 of the most beautiful movie ever. Thanks!!

[Rubiina]

What`s the name of this song?

[LibbyMaeBrown]

The name of this song in English is "I Will Wait For You"-- beautiful, isn't it?

[marshmallowygoodness]

i HEART this movie. the music is AMAZING.

[julia59]

Beatiful, thank you very much!

[twiggysmith]

this film makes me cry :~

PRETTY, GREAT and BEATUFUL one. Love it!

[L3S3R4]

I forgot parts of the story, thank you for posting !

[zenarcade64]

Greatg montage of a great film