SUBJECTS

Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama, Marseille (France) -- Social life and customs -- Drama, Sailors -- France -- Drama, Unmarried mothers -- France -- Drama

Marius

New Digital Restoration

  • Introduction

    Chef, author, and the proprietor of Chez Panisse

featuring

Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay,

Come early for a themed lunch at Babette before the screening!

Pagnol directed only one of his Fanny Trilogy, as the films Marius, Fanny, and César are affectionately known, but he is the true auteur of all three films about the inhabitants of the old port of Marseilles. See one or see all three—each is a gem on its own. Marius establishes the characters of César (Raimu), philosopher-at-large and proprietor of a quayside bar; his son Marius (Pierre Fresnay), whose dreams of a life at sea blind him and finally bind him to the love of Fanny, a fishmonger (Orane Demazis); and Panisse (Charpin), a kindly widower who quotes poetry from face-cream pots and waits in the wings for Fanny’s hand. Both Marius’s and Panisse’s wishes are granted, but it’s no fairy tale.

Judy Bloch
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Marcel Pagnol
Based On
  • the play by Pagnol

Cinematographer
  • Ted Pahle
Language
  • French
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • B&W
  • DCP
  • 127 mins
Source
  • Janus Films/Criterion Collection
Additional Info
  • New digital restoration courtesy of Nicolas Pagnol, in partnership with Janus Films.
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Post-Thanksgiving recipe: French fare (article), Berkeleyan, 2004

On DVD : Trilogy is worth the wait (review), Los Angeles Times, 2004

Marcel Pagnol's Provence (program note), Pacific Film Archive, Judy Bloch, 1995

French film, texts and contexts (book excerpt), Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ginette Vincendeau, 1990

Marius (review), Village Voice, Andrew Sarris, 1988

Alexander Korda (program note), National Film Theatre (London, England), Karol Kulik, 1976

Marius (program note), Pacific Film Archive Calendar, Jean-Pierre Gorin

Marius (program note), The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Fanny trilogy (distributor materials), Kino International Corporation

Marius, Fanny, César (article)

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