![]() ![]() By the end of the movie, tragically, Deneuve has paid the price of ignoring her heart by transforming into one of her typically chic, glacial blonds. We get people singing about going to the hairdressers or putting the kettle on, even swearing in song! Catherine Deneuve is absolutely adorable at the start, but our sympathies are gradually transferred from her knocked-up shop-girl, first to the adoring jeweller she marries out of convenience, finally to the first lover who reluctantly abandoned her to complete his national service. ½ Although the highpoints of the film are those of the traditional musical, namely the stars communicating their joys and sorrows through song, what makes 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' so special is that all of the mundane connecting material is sung as well. Truly a well deserved reputation on this one, try to get through it and NOT see yourself and all your previous romances, I dare you.
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