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  Review by amanda :( 5

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  romanticizing leaving my child in a freezing car as i gain closure with an estranged lover

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  Review by nick wibert ★★★★★ 12

  If La La Land made you cry, then The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will literally kill you.

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  Review by BRÁT ★★★½ 12

  my aunt used to live in cherbourg ...

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★★

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  “i would’ve died for him, so why aren’t i dead?”

  😭😭😭

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  Review by kársten ★★★★★

  genuinely think jacques demy is the greatest to ever do it

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  Review by Owen ★★★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  me: :(

  jacques demy: ⛴ ☔️ 🚙 🎭 💃 💌 🤰💍 👰 💔 ⛽️ 🎄 ❄️ 🚗

  me: still :(

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  Review by hesitant movie enjoyer 4

  the pretty colors... catherine deneuve... catherine deneuve surrounded by the pretty colors... whats french for shook

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  Review by Sara Clements ★★★★ 1

  You: Wes Anderson's colour palette
  Me, an intellectual: Jacques Demy's colour palette

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 5

  93/100

  Soothing, mournful, and delightful exhilaration from the first frame to the last. Didn't know that The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was actually a non-stop musical, but after that initial jarring moment, I was completely on board. It's a typical story of romance and adolescent passion laid against the harsh realities of the world, but every blooming color, gentle glance and sudden burst of cinematic exuberance swept me into a snuggling ball of warmth.

  Every performance, musical note, and display of filmmaking technique culminates in a truly stirring experience, and by the end, I was crying and contemplating and smiling and experiencing all kinds of feelings.

  If every other Demy film is like this, then I don't think I'll be able to take it.

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe 23

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Beautiful! But couldn't do much else for me– a sung-through musical in a foreign language (without any actual musical "numbers" too) was always gonna be an uphill battle for me, since it feels like there's very little to hang onto and you start to wonder why it's musical at all if it's just singing to nothing in particular. The one musical motif we get through the movie is very nice though!

  We also start at such a strange place for Guy & Genevieve's relationship that it doesn't feel lived in enough for me to feel what they're feeling, so it comes across more as an encyclopedic/unfeeling depiction of a lover's tragedy more than an actual tragic love story. I dunno. Can't feel much for any of the characters! Told too many feelings rather than being shown them! I liked the ending, though.

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  Review by siobhan ★★★★★ 2

  how cute of jacques demy to make this la la land tribute

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★½ 3

  Jacques Demy: With all the pretty colors and singing you’ll think it is nice and happy but the twist is…[sips glass of wine]…c’est triste