The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) (Criterion Collection, Restored, Special Edition, 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray)

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The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Ciné-Tamaris and approved by Mathieu Demy, director Jacques Demy’s son, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary
Interview with film scholar Rodney Hill
French television interview from 1964 featuring Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film
Archival audio interviews with Legrand and actor Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre in London
Demonstration of the 2013 restoration
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Jim Ridley

New illustration by Michael Phillip Dunbabin