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The Umbrellas of CherbourgOther

by Jacques Demy

Who uses, recommends or left The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

3 people

Davy Chou
Cambodian-French filmmaker; made the documentary Golden Slumbers on Cambodia's lost pre-Khmer Rouge cinema, then Diamond Island (2016), which won the SACD Award at Cannes Critics' Week, and Return to Seoul (2022).
loved

If I had to go to a desert island for the rest of my life, I would take The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with me.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Davy Chou, the entry for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

2023-03-13·criterion.com ↗

Pietro Marcello
Italian filmmaker; directed the docudrama The Mouth of the Wolf (2009) and Martin Eden (2019), a Naples-set adaptation of Jack London's novel that won the David di Donatello for best adapted screenplay.
loved

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is a wonderful and deeply heartbreaking work of art.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Pietro Marcello, the entry for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

2020-11-18·criterion.com ↗

Amy Seimetz
American actress and filmmaker; wrote and directed Sun Don't Shine (2012) and She Dies Tomorrow (2020), co-created The Girlfriend Experience (2016) and acted in Upstream Color (2013).
loved

I fell in love with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg when I first saw it about ten years ago.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Amy Seimetz, the entry for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

2020-09-04·criterion.com ↗

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