Fanny (1932 film)

Fanny
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
Edited by	Jean Mamy
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Distributed by	Mediterranean Film Company
Release date	28 October 1932 (1932-10-28) (France) [1]
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[]

• Orane Demazis: Fanny Cabanis
• Raimu: César Olivier
• Alida Rouffe: Honorine Cabanis
• Charpin: Honoré Panisse
• Robert Vattier: Albert Brun
• : Félix Escartefique
• Milly Mathis: Claudine Foulon
• Marcel Maupi: Mangiapan
• Édouard Delmont: Félicien Venelle
• : Elzéar Bonnegrâce
• : Fortunette
• Annie Toinon: Amélie
• 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[]

External links[]

• Fanny at IMDb
• The Marseille Trilogy: Life Goes to the Movies an essay by Michael Atkinson at the Criterion Collection