Recognized by the Academy Awards with 5 Oscar nominations in 1965 & 1966, but it never won any Oscars:
1965 Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film: France
1966 Nominations:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Jacques Demy
Best Music, Original Song: Michel Legrand (music), Jacques Demy (lyrics), for the song "I Will Wait for You"
Best Music, Score - Substantially Original: Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Michel Legrand
This is a bittersweet musical love drama of two young lovers torn apart by war, but life must go on; all of the dialogue is sung in French, like an opera, but not in opera style; the colors of the movie are very bright, the fashion styles are a delight, and even though the story is bittersweet it is a nice love story made better by the music, styles, and scenery.
