The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]

Paris: Parc Film, 1964. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph of actors Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo on the set of the 1964 film. With the stamp of still photographer Patrick Gil Bertrand on the verso, along with manuscript ink annotations identifying the actors.

One of director Jacques Demy's most beloved films, about a young woman in Cherbourg who falls in love with a man who is promptly drafted into the Algerian War. A classic of French cinema, with every word of dialogue sung in recitative. The first French film musical shot in color, and the movie that made Catherine Deneuve a star. Winner of the Palme d'Or and two other prizes at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for five Academy Awards

Set and shot on location in Cherbourg, Normandy, France.

10.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy, with light creasing and a few scratches to the image.

Criterion Collection 716. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.

[Book #149367]