The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Ceremony Year: 1966Category: Best Original SongReleased: 1964

Nominated Talent & Credits

Michel Legrand— Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy; English Lyrics by Norman Gimbel

Jacques Demy— Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy; English Lyrics by Norman Gimbel

Norman Gimbel— Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Jacques Demy; English Lyrics by Norman Gimbel

Synopsis / 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.

Historical Academy Record

MUSIC (Song) — 38th Academy Awards (1966)

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