The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Why this pick
Demy’s equally stylized romantic world turns everyday longing into vibrant, fully sung emotion, with meticulous color design and a bittersweet sense of chance shaping its love story.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Demy’s equally stylized romantic world turns everyday longing into vibrant, fully sung emotion, with meticulous color design and a bittersweet sense of chance shaping its love story.
Why this pick
Its buoyant musical passages, female friendship, and decades-spanning romantic optimism echo Rochefort’s warmth, while Varda brings a looser, more intimate New Wave playfulness.
Why this pick
Varda returns to Rochefort with residents and performers reflecting on Demy’s film, making this a tender, celebratory companion for viewers drawn to its town, color, and communal spirit.
Why this pick
This gently observed first-love story shares Demy’s belief in romantic possibility and youthful yearning, though its sunlit suburban realism offers a quieter counterpoint to Rochefort’s choreography.
Why this pick
For Rochefort’s lovers-in-motion and color-saturated romantic fantasy, Carax offers a far wilder Parisian variation: ecstatic visual invention, music, and love pursued against all odds.
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01 / THE STORY
Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close...
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Delphine Garnier

Solange Garnier

Yvonne Garnier

Simon Dame

Andy Miller

Maxence
Étienne
Bill