Join us this Thursday for the Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

April 14, 2026

Admission is FREE!  Everyone is welcome!  All films are subtitled in English.

Location: Teachers College 121, beginning at 6:00pm.  

Thurs, April 16    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg  (1h 31m)   movie trailer

Synopsis:
An 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 the lilting songs of the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time.

If you need an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Dr. Marie-Line Brunet: mbrunet@bsu.edu.

Presented by: Department of Modern Languages & Cultures  

Supported by: Albertine Cinémathèque, a program of Albertine Foundation and Villa Albertine - The French Institute for Culture and Education / Cultural Services of the French Embassy, with support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée.

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