FRANCE · 1964

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Jacques Demy
French New Wave doomed romance class conflict fate and separation post war france color symbolism
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A bittersweet musical romance entirely sung. Greta Gerwig cited it as the visual blueprint for Barbieland in Barbie.

Year1964
CountryFrance
DirectorJacques Demy
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