This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Elenco: Catherine Deneuve , Nino Castelnuovo , Anne Vernon , Mireille Perrey , Marc Michel , Ellen Farner , Jean Champion , Pierre Caden , Jean-Pierre Dorat , Bernard Fradet , Michel Benoist , Philippe Dumat , Dorothée Blanck , Jane Carat , Harald Wolff , Danielle Licari , José Bartel , Christiane Legrand , Georges Blaness , Claudine Meunier , Claire Leclerc , Patrick Bricard , Jacques Camelinat , François Charet , Jean-Pierre Chizat , Jacques Demy , Bernard Garnier , Gisèle Grandpré , Hervé Legrand , Michel Legrand , Myriam Michelson , Paul Pavel , Roger Perrinoz , Rosalie Varda .