Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

2008

0h 55m

8.0(1 votes)

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Overview

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".

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10 members

Directing

Jacques Demy

Self (archive footage)

Directing

Agnès Varda

Self

Acting

Catherine Deneuve

Self

Sound

Michel Legrand

Self

Costume & Make-Up

Jacqueline Moreau

Self

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Directing

Bernard Toublanc-Michel

Self

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Production

Mag Bodard

Self

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Sound

Christiane Legrand

Self

Acting

Marc Michel

Self

Directing

Christophe Honoré

Self

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