Film
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- When
Saturday July 5, 2008 (11:30am)
Sunday July 6, 2008 (11:30am)
- Where
- Music Box Theatre (3733 N Southport Ave, 773.871.6604)
- Price
- $7.25
- Details
- http://musicboxtheatre.com/
- 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. – Jason Jude Chan
