Home » In Person, Movies

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Dang! This event has already taken place.
>> Want to see our Top Picks for this week instead?
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 4:30 pm | Cost: $14
Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive | 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA

Event Details

Watching Jacques Demy’s most famous work is like viewing a secret history of cinema, where all the words are sung and all the sights are candy-coated, where the French New Wave and the MGM musical dwell hand in hand in an Eastmancolor paradise of Pop Art and popsicle colors. The plot? A boy and girl love, lose, love again, and lose again against an assortment of fabulous wallpaper. In the role that made her a star, twenty-year-old Catherine Deneuve seems more hologram of beauty than earthly being, floating through a lilac-and-strawberry-painted world where love is all around, characters’ clothes match their apartment walls, and gas station attendants serenade customers with a Michel Legrand–penned song (“Fill it up, Ma . . . dame? Suuu-per? Or Stan-dard?”). For those who love the 1960s, French culture, Deneuve, Demy, design, romance, musicals, or cinema itself, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg stands alone, unmatched.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: $14
Categories: In Person, Movies
Address: 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA