( Note: This is a Region-A 'locked' Blu-ray release. All in all, this is a fantastic restoration of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and I am convinced that North American fans of the film will be enormously pleased with it. Finally, there are no large cuts, debris, damage marks, stains, or warps. Overall image stability is excellent and there are no transition issues. Predictably, grain is evenly distributed and resolved and the entire film has a very solid organic look (see screencapture #1). There are no traces of problematic degraining or sharpening corrections. Indeed, large parts of the film now have a completely different vibe because of the improved color saturation (see screencaptures #5, 15, and 17). The most substantial improvements, however, are in the area of color reproduction. (Some of the most problematic sequences on previous DVD releases of the film were the darker ones). Detail and clarity are enormously impressive and shadow definition is dramatically improved. The entire digitization and restoration was produced by Cine-Tamaris, with the support of the Cannes Film Festival.The film looks beautiful in high-definition. Additionally, the sound restoration was carried out using the film's 1963 mono mix, the 1992 Dolby SR optical negative, and the 1992 digital multitrack tapes. The 2K scan was done on Digimage-Classics' SCANITY scanner and the film's color grading was supervised by Mathieu Demy.
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.The release uses as a foundation the same beautiful 2K restoration of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg that was first introduced on Blu-ray in France in 2013 (see our review of Arte Video's release ). Svet Atanasov on Jwhere this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5.Director:Writer:Starring:,Producer:Ā». When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly.For more about The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Blu-ray release, see the published by Dr. The Umbrellas of CherbourgĀ (1964)The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Blu-ray delivers truly amazing video and audio in this absolutely must-own Blu-ray releaseAn umbrella-shop owner's delicate daughter glows with first love for a handsome garage mechanic.