Angèle, the daughter of Clarius, a farmer in the mountain of Provence, lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin. Read More »
Tag Archives: Marcel Pagnol
Mr. Poirier’s Son-in-Law AKA Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Léon Bernard, Annie Ducaux, Jean Debucourt
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter Read More »
Merlusse (1938) Marcel Pagnol, Henri Poupon, André Pollack, Annie Toinon
“Merlusse” is French schoolboy slang for codfish, and M. Blanchard, a professor at a certain lycée Read More »
César (1936) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. Read More »
Ways of Love AKA Jofroi (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Vincent Scotto, Henri Poupon, Annie Toinon
In a country town of Provence, a landowner threatens to kill himself after Read More »
Manon of the Spring AKA Manon des sources (1952) Marcel Pagnol, Edmond Ardisson, Henri Arius, André Bervil
More than anything in the world, Manon, a proud, solitary shepherdess of verdant Provence Read More »
Cigalon (1935) Marcel Pagnol, Arnaudy, Henri Poupon, Marguerite Chabert
Cigalon (Alexandre Arnaudy) manages a restaurant in a small town in Provence. Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel
One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
The well-diggers daughter (1940) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day
Rural well-digger Pascal has a pretty 18-year-old daughter Patricia who grew up in Paris; he dreams of her marrying his middle-aged partner Felipe. Read More »
La Femme du boulanger / The Bakers Wife (1938) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Comedy, Drama
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. Read More »