Vaginal Davis presents Rising Stars, Falling Stars – We Must Have Music!

Curatorial mother Vaginal Davis is presenting LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacques Demy, F 1963) this month, which the director described as the first "popular opera written for film." Cherbourg, November 1957: 18-year-old Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), who sells umbrellas in her mother's store, falls in love with car mechanic Guy. Their first night of love is also their last before he has to go to Algeria for his military service. Her mother forces her to marry a well-to-do jeweler when it turns out she is pregnant. The film propelled Deneuve, who was 19 at the time, to international fame. Followed by drinks and music in Arsenal 2. Part of the Living Archive project.