Film: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964) (Ebert Center for Film Studies)
- Event Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Time: 7:00 pm–8:45 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free
Join the Ebert Center for our first event of 2026, a screening of Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), an enchanting French musical completely sung-through that follows the love story of Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve) and Guy (Nino Castelnuovo). Winner of the Palme d'Or and nominated for five Academy Awards, the film’s vivid and virtuosic color palette has long provided inspiration for visual artists. Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, associate professor of media and cinema studies and a scholar of Jacques Demy, will introduce the film.
This event is free and open to the public.
Presented by the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Julie Turnock at jturnock@illinois.edu (email link).
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.