Les parapluies de Cherbourg
1964
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Jacques Demy (French pronunciation: [ʒak dəmi]; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
Jacques Demy was a French director and writer of musicals and dramas, influenced by the New Wave and Hollywood. He is best known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort and A Room in Town.
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A box set of six films by the French director Jacques Demy, featuring musicals, melodramas, and fantasies with stars like Catherine Deneuve and Jeanne Moreau. The set includes new restorations, documentaries, interviews, and a visual essay by critic James Quandt.
- Les horizons morts. Directed by Jacques Demy • 1951 • France. Jacques Demy makes a rare on-screen appearance as the star of LES HORIZONS MORTS (“The Dead Horizons”), his debut dramatic short from 1951, about a young man suffering from a broken heart.
- Le sabotier du Val de Loire. Directed by Jacques Demy • 1956 • France. This 1956 short film by Jacques Demy documents a week in the life of a clog maker in the Loire Valley.
- Ars. Directed by Jacques Demy • 1959 • France. The following 1959 short by Jacques Demy tells the story of Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney, the strict and pious pastor of the village of Ars.
- Lola. Directed by Jacques Demy • 1961 • France, Italy. Starring Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel. Jacques Demy’s crystalline debut gave birth to the fictional universe in which so many of his characters would live, play, and love.
Aug 4, 2014 · A review of a box set that includes six restored films by the French New Wave director, who blended musicals, fairy tales and romance in his cinematic universe. Learn about his style, influences and legacy through essays, interviews and extras.
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Jacques Demy was a French director best known for his romantic musical-comedy films. Demy studied for two years at France’s Technical School of Photography and Cinematography and then was an assistant to animator Paul Grimault (1952–54) and to director Georges Roquier (1954–57).
Learn about the life and works of Jacques Demy, one of the great romantics of French cinema and a pioneer of the musical genre. Discover his influences, his collaborations, his themes and his legacy.
