Home Projectionist

If I ever write a Ten Tearjerkers list for Home Projectionist, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) will be on it. Its director, Jacques Demy, died too young (1990); he would’ve been 81 years old today. Because it has its very sad moments (in addition to many joyous ones), I hesitate to say it’s a “crowd pleaser” but, it is–so long as you have a box of Kleenex near your guests in addition to the popcorn. Make it a Demy double feature by showing its equally-as-good sequel, The Young Girls of Rochefort. (Starring Catherine Deneuve; Music by Michel Legrand; both films are widely available.)