This week also has seen the world premieres of two documentaries related to the film here.
Itreceived a 15-minute standing ovation60 years apart in Cannes from another tragedy-tinged love story revolving around young people.
There is nothing quite like it.
Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo in ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’Criterion Collection
It remains the onlyall-sung screenplay to get an Academy Award nomination in a writing category.
Hopefully the Legrand and Demy documentaries will find U.S. distribution.
He had taken ill, and there was some question whether he would even be able to appear.
Jacques Demy, left, and Michel Legrand on the set of ‘The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg’Criterion Collection
Or as Juliette Binoche said upon winning an Oscar in 1998, like aFrenchdream.
