So Monday - Tuesday in French were spent watching a movie entitled Les Parapluies de Charbourg or in English The Umbrellas of Charbourg. Starting off, who in their right mind watching a movie about umbrellas? Anywho it was sort of like The Notebook, only without the incredibly satisfying and happy ending (I mean to the love story as the two people ding at the end was not incredibly happy or satisfying although if you look at it if they had lived/one of them had died it would have meant years more of suffering/confusion for either both or the one who survived).
This is another spectacularly predictable movie so I'm not really sure it needs a spoiler alert, but I will give it one anyway because I suppose the end is rather shocking so: Spoiler Alert!
Plot: This movie can easily be described as Juno meets The Notebook meets sad. (By the way it is an opera so it is all sung.) It starts off with a guy named Guy (pronounced Guheeeeeeee, like key only with a 'g' instead of a 'k') ending his shift working at a gas station and rushing of to meet his girlfriend Genevieve (pronounced John-veee-ehv) outside her and her other's umbrella store (seriously, is it possible to make a living off of selling umbrellas?). Genevieve tells her mother that she is going to an opera with one of her (girl) friends so her mother allows her to go out. That night Genevieve and Guy decide that they want to get married, have children, and that their first daughter will be named Francoise (pronounced Frahn-swa-zzzz). Afterword Genevieve is questioned by her other and ends up telling her mother all about Guy including that they are going to get married. This greatly upsets her mother (who was upset anyway because she learned that the umbrella shop was failing miserably in sales and that she and her daughter need to sell as much as possible inorder to keep the shop afloat) who gets very angry with her and forbids her to see Guy ever again. Despite the forbiddence (is that a word? it is now) by her mother Genevieve goes to see Guy the next night and is met with the horrible news that he received a draft letter and is going of to fight for France in Africa. The two young lovers are very sad and despair about their misfortune and how uch they love each other in a rather long song. Then they go back to Guy's aunt's appartment (yes he is living with his aunt who is asleep in the next roo the entire time) and...(those of you who have seen Mamma Mia! understand the ...). The next day Genevieve and Guy go to the train station together and profess their undying love for each other promising to wait for and always love each other. Then Genevieve goes home and cries to her mother. Within the next few days the two (Genevieve and her mum) go to a jewelers and try to sell the mother's necklace to make a little extra cash so that they can keep their happy little shop open. There they meet a guy whose last name is Cassard (pronounced Kah-sar[d]) who promises to sell the necklace for them and bring them the cash since the jeweler cannot. He does so and the notherbegins to fall for him. Later on Genevieve informs her mother that she is pregnant by Guy which once again greatly upsets her mother. Not too long after Cassard comes over for dinner and after dinner (when Genevieve has just gone to bed in the neighboring room) asks the noother for Genevieve's hand in marriage (wich also greatly distresses the lady). He states that he is going to Paris and will be back in 3 months when he will accept Genevieves answer. Genevieve decides that she cannot a)have the baby on her own and b)count on Guy to come back from the war to marry her and help her raise their child so she decides that if Cassard graciously accepts that she is pregnant by another man she will marry him (so much for 'I'll love you forever and wait for you Guy.'). Cassard graciously accepts her pregnancy and her hand in marriage, they sell the umbrella shop and move to Paris (Genevieve, mother, Cassard, and coming child). Finally Guy returns and is heart-broken to find that his beloved Genevieve did not wait for him as she had promised. He does some stupid manly things and decides to quit his job and live off of his pension. Then his aunt dies. He collects the life insurance, falls in love with his aunts maid, marries her, and has a kid with her who he names Francois (the boy version of Francoise pronounced Frahn-swaaaa). A few years later at Christmas time (Guy now owns a gas station and his kid is 3 years old) Genevieve and her daughter Francoise are passing through Charbourg and stop at Guy's gas station to get gas. They have a brief and rather quiet confrontation, he decides not to meet his daughter, she leaves, and the movie ends.
What a depressing chick flick. It wasn't happy at all, but at least it was somewhat realistic to life. There wasn't really a point to the movie though and when it was over I was wondering why soeone would even waste their time or money making it as there WAS NO POINT. If you really want to see this movie I believe the entire thing is on Youtube so watch it there.
This is another spectacularly predictable movie so I'm not really sure it needs a spoiler alert, but I will give it one anyway because I suppose the end is rather shocking so: Spoiler Alert!
Plot: This movie can easily be described as Juno meets The Notebook meets sad. (By the way it is an opera so it is all sung.) It starts off with a guy named Guy (pronounced Guheeeeeeee, like key only with a 'g' instead of a 'k') ending his shift working at a gas station and rushing of to meet his girlfriend Genevieve (pronounced John-veee-ehv) outside her and her other's umbrella store (seriously, is it possible to make a living off of selling umbrellas?). Genevieve tells her mother that she is going to an opera with one of her (girl) friends so her mother allows her to go out. That night Genevieve and Guy decide that they want to get married, have children, and that their first daughter will be named Francoise (pronounced Frahn-swa-zzzz). Afterword Genevieve is questioned by her other and ends up telling her mother all about Guy including that they are going to get married. This greatly upsets her mother (who was upset anyway because she learned that the umbrella shop was failing miserably in sales and that she and her daughter need to sell as much as possible inorder to keep the shop afloat) who gets very angry with her and forbids her to see Guy ever again. Despite the forbiddence (is that a word? it is now) by her mother Genevieve goes to see Guy the next night and is met with the horrible news that he received a draft letter and is going of to fight for France in Africa. The two young lovers are very sad and despair about their misfortune and how uch they love each other in a rather long song. Then they go back to Guy's aunt's appartment (yes he is living with his aunt who is asleep in the next roo the entire time) and...(those of you who have seen Mamma Mia! understand the ...). The next day Genevieve and Guy go to the train station together and profess their undying love for each other promising to wait for and always love each other. Then Genevieve goes home and cries to her mother. Within the next few days the two (Genevieve and her mum) go to a jewelers and try to sell the mother's necklace to make a little extra cash so that they can keep their happy little shop open. There they meet a guy whose last name is Cassard (pronounced Kah-sar[d]) who promises to sell the necklace for them and bring them the cash since the jeweler cannot. He does so and the notherbegins to fall for him. Later on Genevieve informs her mother that she is pregnant by Guy which once again greatly upsets her mother. Not too long after Cassard comes over for dinner and after dinner (when Genevieve has just gone to bed in the neighboring room) asks the noother for Genevieve's hand in marriage (wich also greatly distresses the lady). He states that he is going to Paris and will be back in 3 months when he will accept Genevieves answer. Genevieve decides that she cannot a)have the baby on her own and b)count on Guy to come back from the war to marry her and help her raise their child so she decides that if Cassard graciously accepts that she is pregnant by another man she will marry him (so much for 'I'll love you forever and wait for you Guy.'). Cassard graciously accepts her pregnancy and her hand in marriage, they sell the umbrella shop and move to Paris (Genevieve, mother, Cassard, and coming child). Finally Guy returns and is heart-broken to find that his beloved Genevieve did not wait for him as she had promised. He does some stupid manly things and decides to quit his job and live off of his pension. Then his aunt dies. He collects the life insurance, falls in love with his aunts maid, marries her, and has a kid with her who he names Francois (the boy version of Francoise pronounced Frahn-swaaaa). A few years later at Christmas time (Guy now owns a gas station and his kid is 3 years old) Genevieve and her daughter Francoise are passing through Charbourg and stop at Guy's gas station to get gas. They have a brief and rather quiet confrontation, he decides not to meet his daughter, she leaves, and the movie ends.
What a depressing chick flick. It wasn't happy at all, but at least it was somewhat realistic to life. There wasn't really a point to the movie though and when it was over I was wondering why soeone would even waste their time or money making it as there WAS NO POINT. If you really want to see this movie I believe the entire thing is on Youtube so watch it there.
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