Seasonal Affective Cinema: Ebert Center Screening of Jacques Demy’s 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964)
Feb 12, 2026 7:00 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
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- Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies and College of Media
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- Julie Turnock
- jturnock@illinois.edu
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- Ebert Center for Film Studies Events, College of Media
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.