Vanha Kino: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Fri, Apr 04
|Porvoo


Time & Location
Apr 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Porvoo, Kaivokatu 37 B, 06100 Porvoo, Finland
About the event
brings films back to the big screen in the nostalgic former cinema of Vanha 123, complete with pizza and red wine. The programme will include quality classics, period-themed films and children's screenings. Come and enjoy a good movie, a savoury snack and a drink in the cosy atmosphere of the Old Cinema (please note that the age limit for the event is 18+).
The musical film Cherbourg Umbrellas is set in the small French town of Cherbourg, where 17-year-old Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve) is experiencing her first love. Geneviève is secretly dating 20-year-old Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a man her mother (Anne Vernon) has never met.
At the outbreak of the Algerian war, Guy's enlistment order breaks the couple's relationship. Geneviève is unexpectedly pregnant with Guy's child. Pressured by time, grief, and loneliness, Geneviève agrees to marry wealthy diamond merchant Roland Cassard (Marc Michel). Guy returns from the war crippled to find…