Review of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) by Eduardo C — 28 Jul 2007
When I was 5 or 6, my aunt brought me a 45 from France with three songs from the movie. I loved the music and the single's cover, that famous shot of Catherine Deneuve looking into the umbrella store.
Because it was Brazil during the military regime, the movie got an R rating for pre-marital sex and pregnancy. I only got to see the movie when I was 18, and fell in love with it. I still love it, to the point of going to any cinema screening, owning the DVD and a double CD with the full score plus some fantastic jazzy reworkings of some of the themes.
For a while, Legrand was France's answer to Tom Jobim, and this soundtrack shows why.
This review of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) was written by Eduardo C on 28 Jul 2007.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has generally received very positive reviews.
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