The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]

Paris: Parc Film, Circa 1964. Five vintage borderless photographs from the 1964 film, including three reference photographs showing Jacques Demy on the set and one of Demy and composer Michel Legrand. Three with French release stamps on the verso, and one with a provenance stamp on the same.

One of 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 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, including Best Screenplay.

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

Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Some light edgewear, else Near Fine overall.

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

[Book #151000]