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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This straightforward romantic tragedy starts in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French car mechanic, has fallen in love with Geneviève Emery, a 17-year-old employee at her widowed mother's stylish but financially struggling umbrella shop. On the night before Guy departs for a two-year combat tour in Algeria, he and Geneviève engage in sexual activity. She becomes pregnant and is forced to choose between waiting for Guy's return or marrying a wealthy diamond trader.

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