Jean Champion
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Unge Geneviève er stupforelsket i bilmekanikeren Guy, men når han blir innkalt til hæren oppdager Geneviève at hun er gravid. Presset av sin mor, gifter Geneviève seg istedenfor med en velstående gullsmed. Jacques Demys klassiske musikal er en milepæl så vel som et unikum i musikalfilmhistorien. Den vant Gullpalmen ved Filmestivalen i Cannes i 1964.
Den røde sirkel
Recently released from prison, a criminal organizes the hold-up of a lifetime with the help of an escaped convict and an alcoholic ex-policeman. They are successful, but the fence, shaken by the value of the loot, suggests they go to a specialist, who is none other than the inspector handling the case.
Muriel, or The Time of Return
A middle-aged widow, living with her stepson, reunites with an old flame, and both grow increasingly haunted by their own past. Meanwhile, the stepson, a former soldier, is troubled by the memory of a girl named Muriel who he met while deployed in the Algerian War.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Geneviève, a young Frenchwoman who works in her mother’s small-town umbrella boutique, falls for dashing mechanic Guy. Their brief romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian war. Pregnant, Geneviève has to choose between waiting for Guy or accepting an offer of marriage.