Fanny (1932 film)
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| Directed by | Marc Allégret |
| Written by | Marcel Pagnol |
| Based on | Fanny by Marcel Pagnol |
| Produced by | Pierre Braunberger Roger Richebé |
| Starring | Raimu Orane Demazis Pierre Fresnay |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Toporkoff Roger Hubert George Benedict André Dantan |
| Edited by | Jean Mamy |
| Music by | Vincent Scotto Georges Sellers |
| Distributed by | Mediterranean Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | France |
Fanny is a 1932 French romance and drama film directed by Marc Allégret, based on the 1931 play by Marcel Pagnol. It is the second part of the Marseillaise film trilogy that begins with Marius (1931) and concludes with César (1936). Like Marius, the film was a box office success in France and is still considered to be a classic of French cinema.
Plot
The story takes place in Marseille. Marius, the son of barkeeper César, had a romance with Fanny, a neighbourhood girl and daughter of the fish salesman in the harbor. Marius then followed his dream by sailing away to travel the seven seas. Fanny then discovers she is pregnant by Marius, a shameful position in the community since she's a single mother with a father unable to secure the future of her and her child. She acquiesces to her mother's advice to marry a more prosperous salesman in the harbor, Honoré Panisse, who is 30 years older than she is. A few months after the marriage and the birth of the baby, Marius returns and tries to win back Fanny.
Cast
- Fanny Cabanis (Orane Demazis)
- César Olivier (Raimu)
- Honorine Cabanis (Alida Rouffe)
- Honoré Panisse (Charpin)
- Albert Brun (Robert Vattier)
- Félix Escartefique (Auguste Mouries)
- Claudine Foulon (Milly Mathis)
- Mangiapan (Marcel Maupi)
- Félicien Venelle (Édouard Delmont)
- Elzéar Bonnegrâce (Louis Boulle)
- Fortunette (Odette Roger)
- Amélie (Annie Toinon)
- André Gide and Pierre Prévert have cameos
In popular culture
- The famed restaurateur and founder of California cuisine, Alice Waters, was so taken by this film that she named her Berkeley restaurant "Chez Panisse". The café located above the restaurant is decorated with posters from the films Marius, Fanny and César.[2]
- The main characters from the films Marius, Fanny, and César make a cameo appearance in the Asterix comic book Asterix and the Banquet. The pétanque playing scene in the comic book is a reference to a similar scene in this film.[3][4]
See also
- Port of Seven Seas is James Whale's remake of Marius and Fanny.[5]
- Fanny, a 1961 remake of the 1932 version.
- Fanny, a 2013 adaptation of the play, directed, written and starring Daniel Auteuil
References
- ^ "Fanny". Bifi.fr. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Fanny (1932)". Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Rivière, Stéphane. "Les allusions dans Astérix : Marcel Pagnol". www.mage.fst.uha.fr. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Astérix – Page introuvable". www.asterix.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Port of Seven Seas (1938) - IMDb". Akas.imdb.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
External links
- Fanny at IMDb
- The Marseille Trilogy: Life Goes to the Movies an essay by Michael Atkinson at the Criterion Collection