Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30th | 21:00
Gardens of the French School at Athens | 6 Didotou str., Athens
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon
Runtime: 91'
Year of Production: 1964
Jacques Demy’s brilliant technicolor palette of images, the fragile innocence of the smitten Catherine Deneuve and one of the greatest scores in the history of cinema by Michel Legrand classify this romantically risky film experiment as one of the most important and moving musicals ever made.
These “Umbrellas” open to protect the chronicle of a youthful love that under their guard praises the future. Things will change, however, and the storm of time together with social adversities will tragically wash away romance. Awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival of 1964, Demy's masterpiece remains one of the most inspired match making between music and image in cinema. Panos Gkenas
In collaboration with the Plein-Air Festival by the French Institute of Greece
