Released:
1964-02-19

Overview:
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Director:
Jacques Demy

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Catherine Deneuve
  as
  Geneviève Emery
• 
  Nino Castelnuovo
  as
  Guy Foucher
• 
  Anne Vernon
  as
  Madame Emery
• 
  Mireille Perrey
  as
  Tante Élise
• 
  Marc Michel
  as
  Roland Cassard