This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Catherine Deneuve | Geneviève Emery |
Nino Castelnuovo | Guy |
Anne Vernon | Madame Emery (Mutter) |
Mireille Perrey | Tante Élise |
Marc Michel | Roland Cassard |
Ellen Farner | Madeleine |
Jean Champion | Aubin |
Pierre Caden | Bernard |
Jean-Pierre Dorat | Jean |
Bernard Fradet | Gas Station Apprentice |
Michel Benoist | Umbrella Buyer |
Philippe Dumat | Garage Customer in 1957 |