The Criterion Collection
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Featuring: Anouk Aimée, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, Dominique Sanda, Marc Michel, Claude Mann, Nino Castelnuovo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Marais, Richard Berry, Marc Michel, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Darrieux, Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli
Year: 1961 | 1963 | 1964 | 1967 | 1970 | 1982
Time: 88 | 84 | 92 | 126 | 90 | 93 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 713
Release Date: Tuesday, 22 July 2014
MSRP: $124.95
13 Discs
1.85:1
2.35:1
2.35:1
1.66:1
1.66:1
1.66:1
French Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
French Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
French PCM Mono 1.0
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
French PCM Mono 1.0
French Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
French Dolby Digital Surround 2.0
French DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Subtitles: English, French
Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary
Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill
French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film
Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Michel Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
French television interview from 1966 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the music for the film
Conversation from 2014 between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau
Episode from Behind the Screen, a 1966 series about the making of the film
Agnès Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25
Trailer
An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Interview with actor Anouk Aimée from 2012, conducted by filmmaker Agnes Varda
Interview with Agnes Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola’s song
Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels
New interview with journalist Marie Colmant, coauthor of the book Jacques Demy
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
French television interview from 1970 with director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin on the set of the film
“Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale
“Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a 2008 program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley
Audio Q&A with Jacques Demy from the American Film Institute in 1971
Agnès Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25
Jacques Demy, A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt
Q&A with Jacques Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival
Filmmaker Agnès Varda’s 1995 documentary The World of Jacques Demy
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne E. Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Jean-Pierre Berthomé