Full awards and nominations of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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Musical. Romance. Drama
Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
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38th Academy Awards (1966) - Movies from 1965
- nom. Best Original Screenplay (Jacques Demy)
- nom. Best Music (Score) (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy)
- nom. Best Scoring of Music (adaptation or treatment) (Michel Legrand)
- nom. Best Song (Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy (I Will Wait for You))
- 37th Academy Awards (1965) - Movies from 1964
- 23th Golden Globes Awards (1966) - Movies from 1965
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Cannes Film Festival 1964
- winner Golden Palm: Best Picture
- winner Technical Prize
- winner OCIC Award