Love theme from "Les parapluies de Cherbourg" (1964)

[SofiaB93]

Can someone post the lyrics up in French please (:

[spacecleanerD]

Just one question: Why are love songs always so sad?

[AlspensiaQueen]

love it so much <3

[horselvr224]

i love how at 3:15 theyre not even walking, just floating along =D

[reddragonshirt]

Heard this song a few weeks ago on the radio show Sleepy Hollow on WXPN 88.5-fm ... Tres belle ! 

[MExenberger]

Que coisa linda o amor!

[byjbpm]

This is an incredible film. I watched in my film analysis class and it is my favorite so far (I liked it more than Kurosawa's films) Demy's use of color is so deliberate; the pallet changes with the mood and the music. Also, notice the color coordination between the set and the character's clothing :)

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[logrithm4]

@byjbpm the colors are so accurate of the character's persnalities

[carmenmerci1]

BEAUTIFUL FILM, I THINK ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE.

[carmenmerci1]

Beau film, je pense que l'une des meilleurs films que j'ai vus dans MA VIE.

[carmenmerci1]

BELLISIMA PELICULA, CREO QUE UNA DE LAS MEJORES PELICULAS QUE HE VISTO EN M I VIDA.

[straycat316]

Hopelessly romantical and beautiful!!

[albuorkka]

I greatly dislike this film' s plot but I like the music

[tillyeyesgreen]

"Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" è un romantico musical struggente del 1964 diretto da Jacques Demy, vincitore del Grand Prix come miglior film al 17º Festival di Cannes.

Storia d'amore tra Geneviève e Guy sullo sfondo di Cherbourg, nota località di vacanze francese sul canale della Manica.

Demy usa il colore come un pittore impressionista.

Bellissima canzone del compositore Michel Legrand, il musicista preferito dai registi della nouvelle vague degli anni '60, intrisa di umori jazz..

[snootbox]

The most beautiful love story ever on film!

[cristie2323]

Wow...my ophthalmologist recommended me this movie, so I looked for a fragment in youtube before buying it...I'm drowned in tears....guess he wanted me to really really clean my eyes :) wonderful video!

[alyssahaynie]

FUCK THATS SO SAD

[rootesrefuge]

@alyssahaynie - You think this scene is sad, watch the movie. An absolute masterpiece film. If you don't cry, you're not human.

[snootbox]

Why didn't she go to Algeria with him?

[scryerofold]

@snootbox Back then girls didn't leave home, and Algeria was a French colony, or protectorate.

[Valerie522127]

Just wonderful , thanks to my friend for suggesting it

[redoctober8585]

Many people are looking at the situation from a Western point of view.. Relationships and love are viewed very differently in other countries, and moving here it was probably one of the biggest cultural shocks for me. Waiting for someone to come back from the military is not uncommon, people do it all of the time, and note, the divorce rates are much lower in Europe than the United States.

[ugottalovecarmen]

That's a nice bike they're riding...

[greenagoo]

One person obviously has no soul.

[amflis89]

One person cant feel, hear nor see apparently...

[remember16411]

god I adore this film. could catherine deneuve be more beautiful and those colours make me swoon.

[denavard]

This is indeed one of the most amazing romantic french movies!!!!

[keithypoo31]

If you don't get sad watching this, you should be exterminated.

[mstrsims2]

I never thought about it, but were their singing voices dubbed?

[psychomusicanana]

@mstrsims2 i should think they would have used better voices if they did. I can't remember at the young age I first saw this caring about the voices. Now I wish they weren't so ordinary.

[logan432]

This is without a doubt one of the most romantic movies I have ever seen and it is one of my absolute favorites! Wish wen had more movies like this today!!

[tennismom0416]

LOVED THIS MOVIE!! PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC MOVIES EVER MADE! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!!'

[Zeppolino100]

The irony in their story is that the night of love making which is about to follow this scene brings about the very result (the child) that pushes her to marry the jeweler in Guy's absence. The lovers would have stayed true to each other if not for the compelling situation of an unanticipated pregnancy when the father was in the army and in harm's way. It is like a Greek or Shakespearean tragedy in which one isolated act transforms the outcome of the drama.

[christentze]

@Zeppolino100 i agree. i think if Genevieve hadn't been pregnant, it would have been easier for her to resist her mother's pressure and the offer of "security" that Roland was dangling in front of her. sometimes when i watch this, i get really angry with him. perhaps he really did "love" her...though he only really could assess her from a physical beauty standpoint since they never really conversed. his offer put more pressure on her and he knew she was in a precarious position.

[Zeppolino100]

@christentze And I agree with you as well. But we have to take into account the length of time Guy was away, and the fact that Genevieve did not receive any letters from him. She might have become restless, especially if another handsome and charming young man entered her life during that absence. As for the jeweler, it is an unfortunate truth that fifty years ago it was far more common for an older man to use his financial position to marry a much younger woman.

[christentze]

@Zeppolino100 it's so hard to pinpoint any character in this film as bad or good. on one side, i hated her mother for her insensitive comments like "You're still waiting?! He's forgotten about you!" and yet, i can see that she didn't want Genevieve to be waiting for someone who may or may not come back to her and instead wanted her to have a "sure" thing. im rambling, but i agree with you. if there was no baby, Genevieve probably would have waited completely or at least much longer.

[christentze]

@Zeppolino100 im not sure if guy and genevieve would have stayed together after he came back since their love was definitely in the honeymoonish infatuation stage, but i like to hope the would have been the right ones for each other. sometimes i forget how new their love really was. the separation was almost too great a test for such a new relationship. depending on the mood im in, it's almost too painful to watch this.

[christentze]

@Zeppolino100 lol, well it actually was too great a test, so perhaps i mean, it was too cruel a test of such a new love. okay, ill stop now. haha.

[Zeppolino100]

Note the amazingly clever and inventive use of a hidden moving walkway in the scene when they are 'walking' in unison when he has his bicycle. It captures the feeling of 'walking on air' as lovers often feel, and allows us to completely focus on their emotions rather than the physical action. Just one of the many unusual and subtle affects used in this wonderful film.

[pemirco]

So beatifull! wait until they get married.

[explorer45]

Today the scene in the pub would be quite different. First, there would not be any barmaid anymore but an automatic distributor, neither any employee of course to verify the train ticket but a special machine. Of course no soldiers, no sailors. But at least the lovers would remain ? Well just consider when you lived such a separation?

[aquaman811]

One of the most heartwrenching endings of a movie!! I cry every time!! BTW, I happen to have the original soundtrack in French on vinyl w/ entire script in French & English!! It was my Mom's & I have held onto it, love it!!!

[dudedudedude94]

THIS MOVIE OMG

[pianomags]

@dudedudedude94 Assolutely! Legrand is a very clever guy. He an dSondheim I think are the greatest composers alive.

[psychomusicanana]

@pianomags Maybe, but they extracted the themes from this beautiful movie and made crappy little songs out of them. You can't do that to Sondheim. You take him or leave him. He has less popular appeal.

[4bawbees]

deneuve looks so beautiful.

[toky0race]

one of my favoritess. the american version "i will wait for you" can't even compare to this original..

[giejanssen]

Does anyone notice where Gary Moore found his 'Parisienne Walkways'?

[cindyljoan]

Really good. Was watching the new show "Huge" from ABC, it's a show about kids at a weight loss camp for the summer and the antics, romances they get into. They mentioned this old movie, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg in the movie and I had never heard of it. Someone on You Tube has it in 9 parts ! It's worth a watch.

[Marusya1995]

i gotta make my french teacher watch that movie in class

[dudedudedude94]

WHAT

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THE

NAME

OF

THIS

SONG

[tammanycall]

@dudedudedude94 The English version of the song is titled "I Will Wait for You." Several artists have done versions of it, but none come close to the French original.

If you're looking to buy the French version of the song, you'll have to get it on an import CD soundtrack, because as of right now, the only downloads of it available are ones without vocals. I just looked and there are CDs for sale on Amazon.

[valkyrio]

@dudedudedude94 There is no name to it in french, btw. Usually you'll just find it as the theme song of Les Parapluies de Chergbourg.

[CHARLETTESAYS]

@dudedudedude94 i will wait for you.

[bonnysp]

It's even more depressing for me. This was the last film me and my then-boyfriend had seen together before he left to the States for several months. When he came back, he said he didn't want to see me anymore. What an irony ...

[philosophia317]

@bonnysp Oh, I'm so sorry.

[xocolatier]

@bonnysp ohh gott, how terrible. ii'm really sorry for you

[daughterrevolution]

You captured the best scenes. After this it gets too depressing and the ending is very depressing.

[peponwi]

Yes - the end credits were like a stab in the hearth :-(

And this song....I´m speechless!

[Zeppolino100]

@peponwi My heart goes out to you. As devastating as this film was for me, the even closer parallel to your story couldn't have been more poignant. May you find the love that he found in the film's end.

[matera55]

Thank you. So beautiful,no matter how many times you watch it.