Museum of the Moving Image (Venue Partner)
36-01 35 Avenue
718.777.6888
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- When
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Saturday Aug 8, 2009 (4pm)
Sunday Aug 9, 2009 (4pm)
- Where
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Directions: R, M to Steinway Street (exit station at 34 Ave). N, W to 36 Ave.
- Price
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$11 per film / $7 for members of Museum of the Moving Image or MAD
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FRENCH NEW WAVE ESSENTIALS
AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
Directed by Jacques Demy.
August 8 & 9, 4 PM
1964, 91 mins.
With Catherine Deneuve. It won the grand prize at Cannes and launched Catherine Deneuve to international stardom. But Jacques Demy’s Technicolor-inspired all-singing romance about a young woman and her garage-mechanic boyfriend who goes off to war in Algeria was seen by many critics at the time as frivolous. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is now considered a classic. The film’s aching romanticism is captured by Michel Legrand’s wall-to-wall score, and Bernard Evein’s impossibly lush production design.
This series marks the first collaboration between the 
David Schwartz, chief curator of Museum of the Moving Image.
Museum of Arts and Design is located at
For more information, contact 212.299.7717 or visit http://www.movingimage.us/site/calendar/index.html
