Ez a film is számomra is emlékezetes.1963 decemberében születtem. Apám bátyja 1956 emigrált, majd beállt az idegen légióban. Harcolt Algériában. Amikor ez a filmet gyerekként láttam apám akkor mondta el,hogy a testvére is járt Algériában. Sajnos nálunk ezt családi titokként kellett kezelni. Nagybátyám sosem jöhetett haza. ❤❤❤❤
When the same story coinside with you at the young age just in different country and under different circumstances, you will never able to forget, the film will stay in your heart and will remind you about the vulnerable time when you were in love and betrayed.
Many people talk about songs, actors and story, but let me focus on use of colors. Throughout the movie use of vivid primary colors (such as red, orange, blue and green) is quite impressive. But in this ending scene, the director chose monotone -- white and black. White snow, white gas station, black car, and Catherine dressed in black. Brilliant choice of colors for this sad ending.
Amen to that. And it makes it even more striking as Christmas is usually considered the most colorful time of the year. Great observation on your part!
The moment where she recognizes him - at 2:27 in video - is a killer. Deneuve does a spectacular job of acting in that instant. In a moment, she recognizes him and her glance freezes. It's so subtle - and perfect.
Fué una de las mejores actrices de esa época de oro del cine francés.Con un gesto apenas...trasmitía una serie de emociones sin mediar palabra.. maravillosa!!
Love never dies. People get separated, their feelings become cold, they act as strangers to each other... but all the love they gave will forever resonate. Love is bigger than us. Love is eternal ultimate life.
I feel as if it's perfectly resolved. Seeing Genevieve again was the resolution he needed. They both silently acknowledge that they settled for their second choice and there is still pain for both of them around that, but in that moment where she asks if he wants to meet her daughter, he resolves to himself that he wouldn't want his life any other way than it is now, and that he is happy with his life with Madeleine and his son, and his gas station. If we compare this to La La Land, which recreates that same moment, it did not sit nearly as well for me as a resolution to the story. We never really saw how or why she met her new husband and don't feel involved in that process, we don't know if she loves him or regrets her life or anything, and despite Ryan Gosling's otherwise great acting his expression leaves it too hard to tell what he is getting out of this chance encounter and how he feels about the turn his life took. Also I don't think those two were as invested in each other in the first place as Genevieve and Guy so losing each other felt like it meant less.
The same happened in Ukraine, so it as French, as Ukrainian or any other European country. Love is everywhere love and betrayal is everywhere is the betrayal.
We watched this in our music theory class as we had nothing to do and our teacher thought this would be a good watch. It was. Two people in my class broke down in tears and applauded at the end. I'm not one to cry at movies, but I was so damn close to crying at the end of this.
@@andrewlipian913 It sucks, I recently watched Michael Haneke's Amour and was moved by Emmanuel Riva's touching performance, yet the Oscars awarded Jennifer Lawrence's performance from Silver Linings Playbook which I think was decent at best.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 It is the tragic, revolving door of Oscar prejudice that it does not consider "foreign" films under the same standard as domestic ones, even when those foreign ones are so far superior. I suppose power begets preference, but it is a great pity that preference is artistically inept in choice.
Masterpiece by Jacques Demy. Equally brilliant music by Michel Legrand. The most romantic petrol station ever. I can't imagine today's directors to dare to put "super or regular" "or "do you want me to fill it up" in the middle of one of the most heart-wrenching endings ever. Only master can do that.
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Sometimes this kind of interruptions makes it all have sense in the storyline
I think there is so much clever subtext in so many of these seemingly throwaway lines in this scene: "Super or regular?' to which Genevieve replies 'it doesn't matter to me' - i think it's a metaphor for their love story - when faced with the choice of 'super love' (Guy) or 'regular love' (Roland), she went with the option that was most convenient at the time: Roland. I could be totally wrong , of course, but it makes sense to me.
You ignore these vital points: He did not know she was pregnant because he left within a matter of days after their one night together. He didn't join the army, he was drafted against his will. She married another man and accepted him as the father of her child with the 'love of her life', all without his ever having the chance to do anything about it. He doesn't want to see his daughter because it would hurt him too much, not because he is cold and uncaring. It is a tragedy for both.
I don't know who you were responding to initially -- but you hit the nail on the head. So many people don't understand that, in lost relationships when one side is ignoring or refusing to engage, it is sometimes because the psychological risk to themselves to reengage is great. It's self protection, for both parties.
@@andrewlipian913 I believe the comment I replied to has been removed. But I want to thank you for your kind words and thoughtful commentary. In point of fact, I have lived through a rough, emotional breakup and long time further entanglement with a woman who, just as you suggested, is incapable of acting on the truth.
@@andrewlipian913 Sincere thanks for your kind thoughts. Heck yes, I will live life to the fullest so long as I never intentionally hurt anyone that has not mistreated me.
How I loathed her mother. But, I understand what a scandal it was back then. Of course. She had to get security, even if she doomed their love by marrying while he was away..
@@offbeatblackgerl8360 disagree, you can tell he looks happy with her. As the final shot of the film proves. He moved on. Maybe not completely, of course... nobody ever moves on from your first love... but he really did love his wife.
Masterpiece of neorealism. This ending seals magnificently the entire point of the movie and the movement it represents. These last 5 minutes break all hope of classical musical and say with such grandiosity "Don't even think about it, I am part of Nouvelle Vague". It shouldn't end any other way.
The last scene says it all. When Genevieve asks him if he is well, as he answers her he looks down. He cannot bear to tell her , no he is not OK, and that he still loves her and always will. You never forget your first love. True love only comes once, if at all.
But at the same time, there's no way he would want to give up what he has now for Genevieve or her daughter anymore. He can still hurt from losing her but it doesn't mean he wants to have her back now that the water has gone under the bridge.
Having rewatched this scene carefully many times, I interpret this portion differently. Yes, at first he looks down when she asks him if he is OK, but only for a moment. When he speaks, he looks directly at her and the answer is that he is 'very good'.' He has discovered that one CAN love again, in a more complete and mature way. Head over heals passion, such as the two lovers had at the movie's start always eventually fades. He has made the better choice for him, and Genevieve is fooling only herself if she believes she would be happier with Guy.
The last scene means that he is a happy man because he is able to love. Even though he’s poor, he has more than she does. He doesn’t regret what he had lost. She’s the one who doesn’t have happiness because she traded love for something else.
What is so great about this ending is that it combines in equal measure a high note of happiness and sadness. The hero is blessed in the end to be with a woman who loves and adores him. He clearly adores his son, and at the very least is quite pleased with his marriage. On the other hand his first love has had to accept a marriage of convenience with a man who adores HER. Clearly in this final scene she is still totally in love her former boyfriend, upset to learn he is no longer single.
Well said!! I think what is also so heartbreaking is the unknown, the unresolved "what if" that life circumstances prevented them from finding out together... while Genevieve arguably suffered less than Guy by making her own decision and taking a materially comfortable life, she however will forever be reminded of the "what if" by their child.
@@eboli7146 Me too! Had to buy it so that I could. The final scene alone is worth every penny. I hope you have scene the restored version which faithfully recaptured the creative colors that were so important to the Director's Concept.
@@Zeppolino100 I watched it online on the Criterion Channel, which I understand is the restored version. Love love love it. Are you Italian by the way?
If it weren't for the swelling, magestic music at this ending, it would just be another sad but true ending to a simple love story. The music makes you cry, and Michel LeGrand knew it. He did it purposely, and said so.
4 years late to reply to this, but yes, one of the most emotional pieces of music I've ever heard - hits me everytime. Even after one viewing, this image and music was ingrained in my mind.
Saw this movie back in the early nineties in the theatre. Had no idea what I was in for and was mesmerized. Beautiful musically, visually, and dramatically. Thanks for posting.
This is my favourite movie musical of all time. It has absolutely no flaws. It is so delightful, but at the same time incredibly heart breaking, especially this scene and the farewell at the train station scene. Absolutely beautifully directed, amazing music, everything I could ask for in a movie, not just a movie musical.
The final scene never fails to bring tears to my eyes. You don’t know what I am talking about unless you too have lost your first love in the distant past when we were young.
Me too. Because they are separated due to circumstances that is neither's fault. She suffers terribly when pregnant and waiting for Guy to return. Then she doesn't hear from him due to an injury in the war and pressure from her mother who is financially strapped to marry a wealthy man who does seem to care for her, you can see the misery in her face when she marries Roland because it is Guy she loves. I have always felt upset that Guy is cool to her in that last scene and how he doesn't want to see his own child. But when he returns from the war, he suffers too to know she married another man and she and her mother are no longer in Cherbough with the umbrella shop gone. Madeleine has helped him recover from the war and accepting the death of his aunt, so he did move on and seems happy. I always felt Genevieve is the one who is harmed the most, and the film only lets us know she is living a wealthy life by her appearance but Guy doesn't even ask her how she is, which she does ask him. He is bitter toward her. She doesn't get to explain. It was not what she willingly chose, and both characters suffer greatly as a result of circumstances. Devastating final scene for me, because that little girl is his child just as much as the son he adores.
@@lovescoffee7189 I agree. That was a difficult scene. Genevieve was young and pressured by her mother. I would have liked for them to profess their love for each other and for him to see the child. But then what? They are both married to other people. I like to think that one day the little girl finds her father. It's such an emotional movie. My heart breaks every time I just hear the music.
I first saw this about 10 years ago at the Film Forum in New York. At least half the audience was French, and they sang along with the love theme. The ending left everyone in that tiny theater sobbing. That day, it became one of my favorite films ever, it still is, and I still weep every time.
I do not think neither Genevieve nor Guy ended up being happy. They just carried on with their lives.. So utterly sad. How many of us hasn't been there? :(
Guy was very happy and you see him go out and greet his wife and start tossing snowballs to his son. He was ok with how everything had ended up. If you remember, Catherine asked Guy if he would like to see his daughter and he said no. I think Genevieve was sadder because, as she mentioned, it was her first time passing through Cherbourg for many years. And also, she had just lost her mom. So she had lost more. The mother, who came between her and Guy, and she had lost Guy. But Guy really hadn't lost. He had started and was running a successful business, had a loving wife and an adorable son. And he had no regrets. Watch it again and I'll bet you'll see the ending differently.
But when his wife told him "i love you guy" he didn't answer. Also, when he is talking with Genevieve, he seems disillusioned and doesn't say "my son" but "the kid"... So.. In my opinion, i think he just try to do his best to be happy, but it's not easy. Guy and Genevieve, both sacrified a part of themself to conform with society. Fucking system :'(
It was something they had determined upon when they were together, before Guy was drafted to fight in Algeria. François for a boy, Françoise for a girl. The fact that Guy named his son François even after Geneviève's 'betrayal' of her vow to wait for him speaks volumes.
Amazing movie, amazing scene. Notice how the guy is asking if she wants "super" or "regular" gasoline and the woman can't decide. If you've seen the movie you know that she chose rich man (super) instead of this gas station owner (regular guy). Ingenious!
I think this movie needed this song, in all its placements, but especially its lush & glorious orchestration at the end of both halves, to make this movie the timeless classic that it is.
Masterpiece! As the song plays, and the unsung lyrics say, "If it takes forever, I will wait for you...", we see the two former lovers behave according to their new lives, one transformed by motherhood and her marriage and the other by fatherhood and his marriage, acting into their new responsibilities. It was just a song, a romantic sentiment, but it was not, as it could never, be the reality. Will you pass me that box of kleenex, please?
I hope you French are proud of this wonderful film, the only one I've ever seen where every line of dialogue is sung, even "Oh, merde!" and "Maman, je suis enceinte"
Just watched this for the first time. Good lord, the way I Will Wait for You evolves throughout the movie is so heartbreaking. The way that theme and song evolved from happy and youthful to melancholy and bittersweet at the end hit me like a score hasn't in awhile. PERFECT encapsulation of the story of the movie. There are much sadder stories out there, but that feeling of what could have been can hit just as hard, especially with music like that. Bravo Michel Legrand. Masterpiece.
I just love reading all the different points of view on this ending scene so I'm sharing mine :) To me, this ending shows that the story is giving Guy the advantage, he is actually the "winner" at the end of the day. We see him happy with his family plus he's fulfilled his dream of owning a gas station. Yet, we know nothing about Geneviève's marriage (apart from having a rich husband). The only thing we know from her life is that she just lost her mother, which is a sad news. Eventually, the fact that it is snowing at the end of the movie to me shows that their season of love is in the past. The season of umbrellas is over for good, for the shop that closed a long time ago and now for their love
I dont necessarily see Guy as a winner in all of this ; watch his face as Madeleine leaves the store, he doesn't look to happy or fulfiled , when she tells him " I love you " he doesn't respond and kisses her instead , when Geneviève asks him if he's okay , his answer , given after he looks at the floor , sounds more like a lie than a truth.Finaly , when Geneviève leaves , not only does he look at her go back to her car , but slowly approaches the gas station door , keeping her in sight until the very last moment. I really can't tell if he is angry at her , in which case you are right ; he is a winner in all of this , or if he realised the love of his life is married to another man and he , much like her , had to settle for someone else.
@@lafayette7175 That's true, I realized that and Madeleine is definitely the second best choice. But he seems to be in a good place after Algeria + Geneviève's betrayal, he managed to move on with his life and made a pretty good one for him. I secretly hope Guy and Geneviève got back together 30 ou 40 years later though
I was born in Cherbourg in the late 60's and I recognize almost all the places in the film My mother's name is Geneviève ( and his brother is Guy ) My father was conscript, drafted against his will , for 29 months until 1959 When I watch this movie I say to myself that It could have been my story So if you are deeply moved by this film, imagine what I feel... But my 1st name is not François and it hardly snows in Cherbourg
@Voracious Reader True love never dies ? may be... When the night has been too lonely And the road has been too long And you think that love is only For the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter Far beneath the bitter snow Lies the seed that with the sun's love In the spring becomes the rose
@@g4joe My late father was in France he didn't speak any foreign languages , he couldn't escape he had to go to Algeria he saw many awfull things ( on both sides ) he never talked about he came back ( physically ) alive he kept his french nationality , hurrah... he met my mother I was born Lucky you are , you didn't see what he saw
@@barfieuhorsain7273 My father was in the Free French Navy during WW2. I was conceived in France but born in England "my mother welsh, Dad a Breton" . Myself and second son received call up papers. I was married at 17 and a father my brother was 16 and a father. "No we had never been near Tennessee or Kentucky" We had to renounce French citizenship. My two younger brother's are still duel nationality because conscription ended. My father had Medaille militaire and Croix de Guerre. I am sorry your father had to go through that. I was to young for that.
@@g4joe When my father was 7 years old in Normandy in 1944 a German soldier told him : " you must eat if you want to protect your country later ' that's my father had to cope with in Algeria : young people fighting for their freedom cruel destiny Germany had nothing to do in France France had nothing to do in Algeria
The creators of this movie were able to skillfully present a typical story of love and loss while weaving in the obvious technical and seductive artistic elements of color, music, and beautiful people and not even trying to be subtle about it as many movie makers do. These elements like color, camera angles, scenery, and these young people are flagrantly put out there for all to see and we aren't distracted, turned-off, or bored by them. The ARE the elements of day-to-day life and also another factor in what makes what would be just "one more" tragic love story special and able to maintain a hold on our psyches for over 50 years.
Thank you, bertbretherton! A hundred percent correct. It is such a truly beautiful film moment. I've never walked out of a theatre where the entire audience wasn't sniffling - me included. I try not to watch it more than once a year or so - as a treat. Gets me every time. And, I'm not a 'mushy' type.
One of the all-time great "tearjerkers", and who can ever forget that haunting music. Some people might not care for the ending, but how else could it really end? Despite everything, life goes on...
This film can never be re-made. It will stand the test of time as well as the test of Hollywood. This is a great masterpiece coming from a long line of masters regarding the form of art of French design!!!
Finally meeting up and coming face-to-face after all those years proved to be both an awkward and most uncomfortable encounter for them both! Genevieve could speak a little though sadly while Guy was almost speechless. When they spot each other in the car --- note Guy's expression. It is tinged with both worry and sadness. He doesn't want an old love interest, no matter how intense to mar the improvements in his life. He kisses Madeleine when she tells him that she loves him so he obviously feels much the same. The sadness from the final encounter comes from the two no longer being able to connect. Their lives had evolved so much and there is but a scant trace of love still within them which they both know could never be. Guy puts up a stoic front. Their meet up was most ambivalent. The love had become ice just as the falling snow in this final scene.
lejos el final mas intenso en la historia del cine,,¡¡¡¡,,,gran película musical.y romántica para esos años....gracias demy..por esta obra de arte..¡¡¡
The answer to that is stated in the original film "Fanny" by Maurice Chevalier. Spoken sternly to the biological father: "When you were looking for pleasure, the baby found life. The father is not the one who impregnates, but the one who cares for the child as she is growing up." The daughter will have a very fine father in the classy gentleman who married Genevieve, and who himself in an earlier film that includes him as the same character, has had the tragic loss of an earlier woman he had loved ("Lola").
This is one of the saddest films that I've ever seen, and the music is so beautiful that it adds to the torture. Is it a tragedy? -No, it is a reality. Guy and Geneviève are torn apart symbolically - as France was torn apart by the war in Algérie. They both had to find their own way in the world - but alone.
I've never asked this in comments, tho I've often thought it - "WHO COULD HAVE DISLIKED THIS??!!" So for the record I shall ask (through mostly unshed tears)- What is there to dislike? This was the pure beauty of life. Mostly bitter, with some nostalgic sweet. The true grit of humanity may not be quite represented of course, but that is not the point of this video.
No wonder Damien Chazelle went with that heartbreaking, realistic, gut-punching ending in La La Land - this is his favourite movie. You can see it clearly.
what i love about this film is in the end everyone made there choices, and the choices of Genieve affected Guy and all Guy could do was just live and the same with Genieve. Choices were made and they have to live with them the best they could. They will always have there memories though.
This is the only musical (stage or screen) I've ever seen where every word is sung, even things like "I'm pregnant" and "Oh shit". THAT music makes me cry every time
But it's not necessarily sad. It depends on your mood when you watch it. Because the first time I watched i cried my eyes out for the feeling of loss these two lovers must both have felt. The second time it was different. I was happy. It was clear that Catherine's character was a tad bit sadder but this was probably heightened by the recent loss of her mother, which she mentions. However, Guy was clearly ok. Guy understood that everything happened as it was supposed to and when you see him leave the mechanic's shop at the end and run out to meet his wife and little boy and then starts tossing snowballs to his boy, you realize he is happy and didn't give the "ex" a second thought as she drove away.
In an interview with Michel Legrand, he said that he and Jacques Demy deliberately set out to move their audience to tears. It never fails to do it to me no matter how many times I see it.
This is one of the unforgettable movie cause life , love , sorrow , destiny are displayed beautifully . From this movie I learn that man forgets old flame when he finds a new lover .
_Je l’ai écrit avant, mais je vais encore l’écrire , …_ This score and the main theme to _Cinema Paradiso_ are two of the most instantly moving and evocative musical themes I’ve ever heard. They instantly touch my heart and soul. They arouse yearning and pain in my heart and bring tears to my eyes.
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I was 18 when I fell in love with this film. I'm now a great grandmother. Nothing has changed in me except my hair color.........
Ez a film is számomra is emlékezetes.1963 decemberében születtem. Apám bátyja 1956 emigrált, majd beállt az idegen légióban. Harcolt Algériában. Amikor ez a filmet gyerekként láttam apám akkor mondta el,hogy a testvére is járt Algériában. Sajnos nálunk ezt családi titokként kellett kezelni. Nagybátyám sosem jöhetett haza. ❤❤❤❤
When the same story coinside with you at the young age just in different country and under different circumstances, you will never able to forget, the film will stay in your heart and will remind you about the vulnerable time when you were in love and betrayed.
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Many people talk about songs, actors and story, but let me focus on use of colors. Throughout the movie use of vivid primary colors (such as red, orange, blue and green) is quite impressive. But in this ending scene, the director chose monotone -- white and black. White snow, white gas station, black car, and Catherine dressed in black. Brilliant choice of colors for this sad ending.
Well stated.
And notice though the primary colors of his son's raincoat and his wife's scarf. Maybe that tells us that he should look for his happiness there.
You are a very keen observer. As a painter, I have long admired the brilliant use of color throughout this breathtaking work of art.
The film restoration to digital must have been hard, trying to get the shade of colours off film stock.
Amen to that. And it makes it even more striking as Christmas is usually considered the most colorful time of the year. Great observation on your part!
The moment where she recognizes him - at 2:27 in video - is a killer. Deneuve does a spectacular job of acting in that instant. In a moment, she recognizes him and her glance freezes. It's so subtle - and perfect.
Fué una de las mejores actrices de esa época de oro del cine francés.Con un gesto apenas...trasmitía una serie de emociones sin mediar palabra.. maravillosa!!
Love never dies.
People get separated, their feelings become cold, they act as strangers to each other...
but all the love they gave will forever resonate.
Love is bigger than us. Love is eternal ultimate life.
When she asks "Do you want to see her?" and he shakes his head "no", it just tears me apart every time.
Salaud.... but not of his own making. Salaud...mais pas de sa faute...
So existentialist an ending, with nothing explained or resolved. So FRENCH. But beautiful, so well cast , so well acted and such a score. J'adore!
I feel as if it's perfectly resolved. Seeing Genevieve again was the resolution he needed. They both silently acknowledge that they settled for their second choice and there is still pain for both of them around that, but in that moment where she asks if he wants to meet her daughter, he resolves to himself that he wouldn't want his life any other way than it is now, and that he is happy with his life with Madeleine and his son, and his gas station.
If we compare this to La La Land, which recreates that same moment, it did not sit nearly as well for me as a resolution to the story. We never really saw how or why she met her new husband and don't feel involved in that process, we don't know if she loves him or regrets her life or anything, and despite Ryan Gosling's otherwise great acting his expression leaves it too hard to tell what he is getting out of this chance encounter and how he feels about the turn his life took. Also I don't think those two were as invested in each other in the first place as Genevieve and Guy so losing each other felt like it meant less.
There is total resolution. Keep watching.
Un très beau film
The same happened in Ukraine, so it as French, as Ukrainian or any other European country. Love is everywhere love and betrayal is everywhere is the betrayal.
Both are wooden actors who played their parts with very little visible emotion
We watched this in our music theory class as we had nothing to do and our teacher thought this would be a good watch. It was. Two people in my class broke down in tears and applauded at the end. I'm not one to cry at movies, but I was so damn close to crying at the end of this.
One of the best films ever. Michel Legrand should have gotten an oscar for this. The music is unforgettable.
AMEN
Oscars lost their clout long ago anyway
Oscars very rarely recognise foreign films, it only took them 90 years to give the Best Film Oscar to a foreign film (Parasite).
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 that is most sad.
@@andrewlipian913 It sucks, I recently watched Michael Haneke's Amour and was moved by Emmanuel Riva's touching performance, yet the Oscars awarded Jennifer Lawrence's performance from Silver Linings Playbook which I think was decent at best.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 It is the tragic, revolving door of Oscar prejudice that it does not consider "foreign" films under the same standard as domestic ones, even when those foreign ones are so far superior. I suppose power begets preference, but it is a great pity that preference is artistically inept in choice.
Masterpiece by Jacques Demy. Equally brilliant music by Michel Legrand. The most romantic petrol station ever. I can't imagine today's directors to dare to put "super or regular" "or "do you want me to fill it up" in the middle of one of the most heart-wrenching endings ever. Only master can do that.
Sometimes this kind of interruptions makes it all have sense in the storyline
"super or regular?" is the gist of the film
The gas attendant is talking about her heart's memory of all this - Super or regular - how do you want me to fill it? It's very symbolic
I think there is so much clever subtext in so many of these seemingly throwaway lines in this scene: "Super or regular?' to which Genevieve replies 'it doesn't matter to me' - i think it's a metaphor for their love story - when faced with the choice of 'super love' (Guy) or 'regular love' (Roland), she went with the option that was most convenient at the time: Roland. I could be totally wrong , of course, but it makes sense to me.
You ignore these vital points: He did not know she was pregnant because he left within a matter of days after their one night together. He didn't join the army, he was drafted against his will. She married another man and accepted him as the father of her child with the 'love of her life', all without his ever having the chance to do anything about it. He doesn't want to see his daughter because it would hurt him too much, not because he is cold and uncaring. It is a tragedy for both.
seeing the daughter will ultimately bring pain to all three of them.
I don't know who you were responding to initially -- but you hit the nail on the head. So many people don't understand that, in lost relationships when one side is ignoring or refusing to engage, it is sometimes because the psychological risk to themselves to reengage is great. It's self protection, for both parties.
@@andrewlipian913 I believe the comment I replied to has been removed. But I want to thank you for your kind words and thoughtful commentary. In point of fact, I have lived through a rough, emotional breakup and long time further entanglement with a woman who, just as you suggested, is incapable of acting on the truth.
@@Zeppolino100 Mad respect brother. You have lived, and now you survive. Keep surviving.
@@andrewlipian913 Sincere thanks for your kind thoughts. Heck yes, I will live life to the fullest so long as I never intentionally hurt anyone that has not mistreated me.
RIP Nino Castelnuovo. Forever cemented through this masterpiece of a movie.
La La Land was entertaining, but it cannot hold a candle to Cherbourg - a flawless masterpiece.
How I loathed her mother. But, I understand what a scandal it was back then. Of course. She had to get security, even if she doomed their love by marrying while he was away..
Umbrella was pretty crappy
@@fromis.9 perhaps you would prefer this
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Gary Moore, similar tune?
@@g4joe make worst, too much guitar. I love the finale song. And the jazz inbetween. But singing every line seems ridiculous
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I will wait for you.
How about this?
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Michel legrand
One of my all time favorite films! Now that I am older, I have to say - the ending is perfect, they are with the right people for them.
D'accord. I agree completely with what you said.
Yes agreed!
But they only chose them because of the circumstances. She didn't like her husband, her mother did. He didn't want that girl, he just settled.
@@offbeatblackgerl8360 disagree, you can tell he looks happy with her. As the final shot of the film proves. He moved on. Maybe not completely, of course... nobody ever moves on from your first love... but he really did love his wife.
Masterpiece of neorealism. This ending seals magnificently the entire point of the movie and the movement it represents. These last 5 minutes break all hope of classical musical and say with such grandiosity "Don't even think about it, I am part of Nouvelle Vague". It shouldn't end any other way.
The last scene says it all. When Genevieve asks him if he is well, as he answers her he looks down. He cannot bear to tell her , no he is not OK, and that he still loves her and always will. You never forget your first love. True love only comes once, if at all.
But at the same time, there's no way he would want to give up what he has now for Genevieve or her daughter anymore. He can still hurt from losing her but it doesn't mean he wants to have her back now that the water has gone under the bridge.
Having rewatched this scene carefully many times, I interpret this portion differently. Yes, at first he looks down when she asks him if he is OK, but only for a moment. When he speaks, he looks directly at her and the answer is that he is 'very good'.' He has discovered that one CAN love again, in a more complete and mature way. Head over heals passion, such as the two lovers had at the movie's start always eventually fades. He has made the better choice for him, and Genevieve is fooling only herself if she believes she would be happier with Guy.
Love can come at many times. You just have to be open to it.
The last scene means that he is a happy man because he is able to love. Even though he’s poor, he has more than she does. He doesn’t regret what he had lost. She’s the one who doesn’t have happiness because she traded love for something else.
@@Zeppolino100 only wish their daughter could've gotten to know her real father though..
I must have seen Les Parapluies thirty times in the cinema but this scene always reduces me to floods of tears. Merci Demy, Legrand, les acteurs etc.
I tear up just hearing the music.
Sad because little girls love and need their dad's. Left me feeling down 7:03
What is so great about this ending is that it combines in equal measure a high note of happiness and sadness. The hero is blessed in the end to be with a woman who loves and adores him. He clearly adores his son, and at the very least is quite pleased with his marriage. On the other hand his first love has had to accept a marriage of convenience with a man who adores HER. Clearly in this final scene she is still totally in love her former boyfriend, upset to learn he is no longer single.
Well said!! I think what is also so heartbreaking is the unknown, the unresolved "what if" that life circumstances prevented them from finding out together... while Genevieve arguably suffered less than Guy by making her own decision and taking a materially comfortable life, she however will forever be reminded of the "what if" by their child.
@@eboli7146 Thank you for your thoughtful reply and new thoughts!
@@Zeppolino100 I just love this movie, it's so rewatchable and thought provoking...
@@eboli7146 Me too! Had to buy it so that I could. The final scene alone is worth every penny. I hope you have scene the restored version which faithfully recaptured the creative colors that were so important to the Director's Concept.
@@Zeppolino100 I watched it online on the Criterion Channel, which I understand is the restored version. Love love love it. Are you Italian by the way?
If it weren't for the swelling, magestic music at this ending, it would just be another sad but true ending to a simple love story. The music makes you cry, and Michel LeGrand knew it. He did it purposely, and said so.
4 years late to reply to this, but yes, one of the most emotional pieces of music I've ever heard - hits me everytime. Even after one viewing, this image and music was ingrained in my mind.
And yet kitch!
@@filmswithjovi I was disappointed with the end of this movie! I like happy endings! This ending reminds me of Splendor in the Grass! Sad!!!
And the same music was recycled for that famous ending of that Futurama episode too. Though this movie did it better of course.
@@cindychristian1700 A happy ending for you Cindy
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Allways look on the bright side of life.
...and of course the overwhelmingly emotional and dramatic love theme is playing in the background the whole time. Pure genius.
One of the most exquisite scenes ever on film. The whole thing was shot as if inside a snow globe. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Saw this movie back in the early nineties in the theatre. Had no idea what I was in for and was mesmerized. Beautiful musically, visually, and dramatically. Thanks for posting.
This is my favourite movie musical of all time. It has absolutely no flaws. It is so delightful, but at the same time incredibly heart breaking, especially this scene and the farewell at the train station scene. Absolutely beautifully directed, amazing music, everything I could ask for in a movie, not just a movie musical.
d'accord.
Another fine ending?
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Allways look on the bright side of life.
@@g4joe nobody cares
@@randywhite3947 Ah Randy, ain't that the truth.
"I will wait for you." Yeah right!
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Dont play that song again.
So many different interpretations of this scene in the comments, and they are all valid! That is why this ending is great
Probably one of the most exquisite films ever made - tender, touching, knowing...
The final scene never fails to bring tears to my eyes. You don’t know what I am talking about unless you too have lost your first love in the distant past when we were young.
60 years later the film makes me react the same way you do for the same reason.
this movie broke my heart
me too dear... breaks my heart each time i see it...
Such an emotion movie. Just hearing the music makes my heart break.
Me too. Because they are separated due to circumstances that is neither's fault. She suffers terribly when pregnant and waiting for Guy to return. Then she doesn't hear from him due to an injury in the war and pressure from her mother who is financially strapped to marry a wealthy man who does seem to care for her, you can see the misery in her face when she marries Roland because it is Guy she loves. I have always felt upset that Guy is cool to her in that last scene and how he doesn't want to see his own child. But when he returns from the war, he suffers too to know she married another man and she and her mother are no longer in Cherbough with the umbrella shop gone. Madeleine has helped him recover from the war and accepting the death of his aunt, so he did move on and seems happy. I always felt Genevieve is the one who is harmed the most, and the film only lets us know she is living a wealthy life by her appearance but Guy doesn't even ask her how she is, which she does ask him. He is bitter toward her. She doesn't get to explain. It was not what she willingly chose, and both characters suffer greatly as a result of circumstances. Devastating final scene for me, because that little girl is his child just as much as the son he adores.
@@lovescoffee7189 I agree. That was a difficult scene. Genevieve was young and pressured by her mother. I would have liked for them to profess their love for each other and for him to see the child. But then what? They are both married to other people. I like to think that one day the little girl finds her father. It's such an emotional movie. My heart breaks every time I just hear the music.
My heart breaks every time I hear the music - exactly the same...
I first saw this about 10 years ago at the Film Forum in New York. At least half the audience was French, and they sang along with the love theme. The ending left everyone in that tiny theater sobbing. That day, it became one of my favorite films ever, it still is, and I still weep every time.
Danielle Licari deserves more credit as the singing "voice" of Catherine Deneuve. She later was the soloist of Saint Preux's "Concerto pour une Voix".
Thank you for that little bit of information. Concerto pour une Voix was one of my fave growing up.
One of the rare movies where everything works. I describe it as an Impressionist painting put on film.
Thank you. I was wondering who that was. She sings with such emotion in her voice.
She was also Aurora from Sleeping Beauty in the French version
True!
I always cry to this
me too!
+Michel Harfuch I don't cry but I'm always deeply moved - but perhaps for different reasons. I personally think he ended up with the right woman...
I do not think neither Genevieve nor Guy ended up being happy. They just carried on with their lives.. So utterly sad. How many of us hasn't been there? :(
Guy was very happy and you see him go out and greet his wife and start tossing snowballs to his son. He was ok with how everything had ended up. If you remember, Catherine asked Guy if he would like to see his daughter and he said no. I think Genevieve was sadder because, as she mentioned, it was her first time passing through Cherbourg for many years. And also, she had just lost her mom. So she had lost more. The mother, who came between her and Guy, and she had lost Guy. But Guy really hadn't lost. He had started and was running a successful business, had a loving wife and an adorable son. And he had no regrets. Watch it again and I'll bet you'll see the ending differently.
But when his wife told him "i love you guy" he didn't answer. Also, when he is talking with Genevieve, he seems disillusioned and doesn't say "my son" but "the kid"... So.. In my opinion, i think he just try to do his best to be happy, but it's not easy. Guy and Genevieve, both sacrified a part of themself to conform with society. Fucking system :'(
When you find out they both gave their kids that same name ...
Well not exactly the same. Don't get carried away.
It was something they had determined upon when they were together, before Guy was drafted to fight in Algeria. François for a boy, Françoise for a girl. The fact that Guy named his son François even after Geneviève's 'betrayal' of her vow to wait for him speaks volumes.
Amazing movie, amazing scene. Notice how the guy is asking if she wants "super" or "regular" gasoline and the woman can't decide. If you've seen the movie you know that she chose rich man (super) instead of this gas station owner (regular guy). Ingenious!
Yup, Nice catch !
I always thought the rich man was sort of hoisted upon her because she was pregnant. Her mother had a lot to do with that choice.
I think wanting / choosing material "stability" & "predictability" is "regular"
And
Choosing love & mystery is "Super"
Thanks for posting. Such a great timeless film. I hope Hollywood never tries to touch or deform it.
An unbridled masterpiece.
Such a beautiful, haunting film on so many levels.....
One of the best endings in cinematic history.
Perfect ending to an amazing film.
A wistfully gutting, yet realistic ending. We've so many of us been through it. We can't have everything, all at once. Beautiful.
this ending scene. Gets me in the feels all the time.
I wonder if this would be less wrenching without the spectacular music. Deneuve Forever❣
+Penthesilea Yes! :)
I think this movie needed this song, in all its placements, but especially its lush & glorious orchestration at the end of both halves, to make this movie the timeless classic that it is.
The music is the third part of this movie.it's a masterpiece.the actors..the decor..the camera..and the music...
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Dont play that song again.
I wouldn't leave without saying I love you,Guy..
Every normal human is crying at this beautiful moment.
A romantic's romantic movie...still packs a punch, and timeless. With Le Grand's score, it'll stay a classic...
Masterpiece! As the song plays, and the unsung lyrics say, "If it takes forever, I will wait for you...", we see the two former lovers behave according to their new lives, one transformed by motherhood and her marriage and the other by fatherhood and his marriage, acting into their new responsibilities. It was just a song, a romantic sentiment, but it was not, as it could never, be the reality. Will you pass me that box of kleenex, please?
This scene always makes me cry.
I hope you French are proud of this wonderful film, the only one I've ever seen where every line of dialogue is sung, even "Oh, merde!" and "Maman, je suis enceinte"
+1
cryed my eyes out when I was 8 and so this movie for the first time
Just watched this for the first time. Good lord, the way I Will Wait for You evolves throughout the movie is so heartbreaking. The way that theme and song evolved from happy and youthful to melancholy and bittersweet at the end hit me like a score hasn't in awhile. PERFECT encapsulation of the story of the movie. There are much sadder stories out there, but that feeling of what could have been can hit just as hard, especially with music like that. Bravo Michel Legrand. Masterpiece.
A beautiful, artsy, tearful but happy ending.
This most beautiful movie raised Miss Deneuve to world stardom.
@Biel 2001 Don't know why, i think he was great in that movie.
@Bell 01 Really? Why did it ostracize Nino? Edit: FK, THAT ACTOR DIED TODAY. RIP, Nino.
I just love reading all the different points of view on this ending scene so I'm sharing mine :) To me, this ending shows that the story is giving Guy the advantage, he is actually the "winner" at the end of the day. We see him happy with his family plus he's fulfilled his dream of owning a gas station. Yet, we know nothing about Geneviève's marriage (apart from having a rich husband). The only thing we know from her life is that she just lost her mother, which is a sad news. Eventually, the fact that it is snowing at the end of the movie to me shows that their season of love is in the past. The season of umbrellas is over for good, for the shop that closed a long time ago and now for their love
I dont necessarily see Guy as a winner in all of this ; watch his face as Madeleine leaves the store, he doesn't look to happy or fulfiled , when she tells him " I love you " he doesn't respond and kisses her instead , when Geneviève asks him if he's okay , his answer , given after he looks at the floor , sounds more like a lie than a truth.Finaly , when Geneviève leaves , not only does he look at her go back to her car , but slowly approaches the gas station door , keeping her in sight until the very last moment.
I really can't tell if he is angry at her , in which case you are right ; he is a winner in all of this , or if he realised the love of his life is married to another man and he , much like her , had to settle for someone else.
@@lafayette7175 That's true, I realized that and Madeleine is definitely the second best choice. But he seems to be in a good place after Algeria + Geneviève's betrayal, he managed to move on with his life and made a pretty good one for him. I secretly hope Guy and Geneviève got back together 30 ou 40 years later though
My favorite movie of all times! Have watched it multiple times but never tire of its’ magnificence!
I was born in Cherbourg in the late 60's and I recognize almost all the places in the film
My mother's name is Geneviève ( and his brother is Guy )
My father was conscript, drafted against his will , for 29 months until 1959
When I watch this movie I say to myself that It could have been my story
So if you are deeply moved by this film, imagine what I feel...
But my 1st name is not François and it hardly snows in Cherbourg
@Voracious Reader
True love never dies ? may be...
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose
I was drafted but didn't go.
I was in England we married
I was sentenced to 2 years in my absence. Lost French citizenship.
Duel nationality.
@@g4joe My late father was in France
he didn't speak any foreign languages , he couldn't escape
he had to go to Algeria
he saw many awfull things ( on both sides ) he never talked about
he came back ( physically ) alive
he kept his french nationality , hurrah...
he met my mother
I was born
Lucky you are , you didn't see what he saw
@@barfieuhorsain7273 My father was in the Free French Navy during WW2. I was conceived in France but born in England "my mother welsh, Dad a Breton" . Myself and second son received call up papers. I was married at 17 and a father my brother was 16 and a father.
"No we had never been near Tennessee or Kentucky"
We had to renounce French citizenship. My two
younger brother's are still duel nationality because conscription ended.
My father had Medaille militaire and Croix de Guerre.
I am sorry your father had to go through that. I was to young for that.
@@g4joe When my father was 7 years old in Normandy in 1944 a German soldier told him : " you must eat if you want to protect your country later '
that's my father had to cope with in Algeria : young people fighting for their freedom
cruel destiny
Germany had nothing to do in France
France had nothing to do in Algeria
The creators of this movie were able to skillfully present a typical story of love and loss while weaving in the obvious technical and seductive artistic elements of color, music, and beautiful people and not even trying to be subtle about it as many movie makers do. These elements like color, camera angles, scenery, and these young people are flagrantly put out there for all to see and we aren't distracted, turned-off, or bored by them. The ARE the elements of day-to-day life and also another factor in what makes what would be just "one more" tragic love story special and able to maintain a hold on our psyches for over 50 years.
Thank you, bertbretherton! A hundred percent correct. It is such a truly beautiful film moment. I've never walked out of a theatre where the entire audience wasn't sniffling - me included. I try not to watch it more than once a year or so - as a treat. Gets me every time. And, I'm not a 'mushy' type.
One of the all-time great "tearjerkers", and who can ever forget that haunting music. Some people might not care for the ending, but how else could it really end? Despite everything, life goes on...
...this always bring tears to my eyes...
they never stopped loving each other...
heart wrenching ending so sad and tragic... :(
I know it's a movie, but.....Did anybody see her pay for her gas before she left?
Asking the right questions. ;)
I'm kind of worried she just left her kid the car like that.
Platinum Diamond why not ? C’est la France in 1963!
@@letBIGGIErest different times
I noticed she didn't seem to pay for it. I want to fill up at that station.
This movie is simply superb. The music sublime. Thank you.
J'ai tellement pleuré à cette scène !!
This film can never be re-made. It will stand the test of time as well as the test of Hollywood. This is a great masterpiece coming from a long line of masters regarding the form of art of French design!!!
only france can make movies and scenes like this, c'est simple grande!
Finally meeting up and coming face-to-face after all those years proved to be both an awkward and most uncomfortable encounter for them both! Genevieve could speak a little though sadly while Guy was almost speechless. When they spot each other in the car --- note Guy's expression. It is tinged with both worry and sadness. He doesn't want an old love interest, no matter how intense to mar the improvements in his life. He kisses Madeleine when she tells him that she loves him so he obviously feels much the same. The sadness from the final encounter comes from the two no longer being able to connect. Their lives had evolved so much and there is but a scant trace of love still within them which they both know could never be. Guy puts up a stoic front. Their meet up was most ambivalent. The love had become ice just as the falling snow in this final scene.
The ending broke my heart. What a wonderful love story, one of the BEST!
Jubinne
Alexander. . . No matter how long it takes, I will wait for you
Michel Legrand was a musical genius. The music catapulted this movie to the stratosphere.
One of my all time favourites-so evocative, bittersweet, touching and just a hint of what might have been....
lejos el final mas intenso en la historia del cine,,¡¡¡¡,,,gran película musical.y romántica para esos años....gracias demy..por esta obra de arte..¡¡¡
also sad that the daughter will never know her real dad.
The answer to that is stated in the original film "Fanny" by Maurice Chevalier. Spoken sternly to the biological father: "When you were looking for pleasure, the baby found life. The father is not the one who impregnates, but the one who cares for the child as she is growing up." The daughter will have a very fine father in the classy gentleman who married Genevieve, and who himself in an earlier film that includes him as the same character, has had the tragic loss of an earlier woman he had loved ("Lola").
What's "real"?
Bio seed implant / fertilizer?
Parenting & Raising a child as a father is more than having fun fertilizing an egg one nite.
This is one of the saddest films that I've ever seen, and the music is so beautiful that it adds to the torture. Is it a tragedy? -No, it is a reality. Guy and Geneviève are torn apart symbolically - as France was torn apart by the war in Algérie. They both had to find their own way in the world - but alone.
I've never asked this in comments, tho I've often thought it - "WHO COULD HAVE DISLIKED THIS??!!"
So for the record I shall ask (through mostly unshed tears)-
What is there to dislike? This was the pure beauty of life. Mostly bitter, with some nostalgic sweet. The true grit of humanity may not be quite represented of course, but that is not the point of this video.
No wonder Damien Chazelle went with that heartbreaking, realistic, gut-punching ending in La La Land - this is his favourite movie. You can see it clearly.
Such a romantical legend, and even more with this beautiful music...
Wonderfully melancholy.
Even after almost 60 years, the film is still a masterpiece, as is Michel Legrand's music...
The music is really unforgetable
probably one of the most emotionally crushing film endings
I"m old enough to remember Esso.
Put a Tiger in your Tank, the add.
I’m old enough to remember Esso too. I mean... I see them all over the place.
Could you imagine if Madeline unexpectedly returned earlier?
what i love about this film is in the end everyone made there choices, and the choices of Genieve affected Guy and all Guy could do was just live and the same with Genieve. Choices were made and they have to live with them the best they could. They will always have there memories though.
That music is just exquisite.
This is the only musical (stage or screen) I've ever seen where every word is sung, even things like "I'm pregnant" and "Oh shit".
THAT music makes me cry every time
すべての映画の中で一番好きなラストシーンです。泣けます。
This was the first time I saw the ending of this film.
I actually cried!!!
I saw the restored version in a theater and it’s marvelous to watch it with the original colours.
Yes, I cry when I see this. But the pain is worse.
The saddest ending. Still in love but..
But it's not necessarily sad. It depends on your mood when you watch it. Because the first time I watched i cried my eyes out for the feeling of loss these two lovers must both have felt. The second time it was different. I was happy. It was clear that Catherine's character was a tad bit sadder but this was probably heightened by the recent loss of her mother, which she mentions. However, Guy was clearly ok. Guy understood that everything happened as it was supposed to and when you see him leave the mechanic's shop at the end and run out to meet his wife and little boy and then starts tossing snowballs to his boy, you realize he is happy and didn't give the "ex" a second thought as she drove away.
The ending destroyed me
I remember seeing this as a fourteen year old and crying buckets. It's still sad even now. Carol.
Un vraiment très beau film
She's a lot like you.. gets me every time
In an interview with Michel Legrand, he said that he and Jacques Demy deliberately set out to move their audience to tears.
It never fails to do it to me no matter how many times I see it.
Beautiful cast.
This is one of the unforgettable movie cause life , love , sorrow , destiny are displayed beautifully .
From this movie I learn that man forgets old flame when he finds a new lover .
He forgot nothing. It still hurts, look how he reacts when she asks how he feels. Both just had to move on...
Sadly , Nino Castelnuovo ( "Guy" ) has just passed away (Sept 6 2021 ). But we'll never forget this beautiful movie .Especially this tragic ending .
Esta película me trae recuerdos de mi primer enamorado quien me dejo malísimos recuerdos! Como este drama!
_Je l’ai écrit avant, mais je vais encore l’écrire , …_
This score and the main theme to _Cinema Paradiso_ are two of the most instantly moving and evocative musical themes I’ve ever heard. They instantly touch my heart and soul. They arouse yearning and pain in my heart and bring tears to my eyes.
Sublime. Gets me every time...
I love the music, I love the movie, I just love everything about "the umbrellas of Cherbourg"....