Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave
773.871.6604
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Saturday July 5, 2008 (11:30am)
Sunday July 6, 2008 (11:30am)
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- Price
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$7.25
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Director Jacques Demy described The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as "a film in song" — every line is sung to Michel Legrand's sublime score, which conforms to conversation's naturally sing-song cadence. When starcrossed lovers — Nino Castelnuovo, a poor mechanic, and Catherine Deneuve, daughter of the titular boutique's widowed owner — are separated by the Algerian war, the pair's bliss culminates in one romantic (read: pregnancy-producing) night. Deneuve's Geneviève is then torn between fidelity and financial security with a diamond dealer. The film both toasts and spoofs the movie musicals of Demy's era, while striking a balance between fantastical and realist styles with a brilliant, hypersaturated color scheme.
