The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

There are various ways in which different people’s world views could be put into clearly defined categories, but the simplest and sharpest is the one that separates people into hopeless romantics and cynical realists. It is hard to imagine those two world views being reconciled, especially not in works of art, which overwhelmingly tend to adopt the first category. But such works of art can be created, including film…

A tale of how ephemeral love at first sight and life can be as well as how fate intercedes in the young lives of Guy and Geneviéve. Special acknowledgment has to go to Christi Esterle aka Diva from Musical Hell for making me really invested in this classic French film of the 1960s. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.