Cherbourg, November 1957. Madame Emery and her daughter Geneviève run a shop called The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Love blooms between Geneviève and Guy, a mechanic working in a garage.Two young souls swept up in a tender romance. But fate intervenes—Guy is drafted to serve in Algeria, and Geneviève, left behind and pregnant, receives only silence from the front. Under pressure from her mother and the weight of uncertainty, she marries Roland Cassard, a wealthy jeweller who offers stability but no passion.