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    Fanny

    • 19321932
    • Not RatedNot Rated
    • 2h 5min
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    7.8/10
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    Fanny (1932)
    ComedyDrama

    After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.

    • Director
      • Marc Allégret
    • Writer
      • Marcel Pagnol(play)
    • Stars
      • Raimu
      • Pierre Fresnay
      • Fernand Charpin
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    • Director
      • Marc Allégret
    • Writer
      • Marcel Pagnol(play)
    • Stars
      • Raimu
      • Pierre Fresnay
      • Fernand Charpin
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    • 13User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Fanny (1932)
    Fanny (1932)
    Pierre Fresnay in Fanny (1932)
    Raimu and Alida Rouffe in Fanny (1932)
    Orane Demazis in Fanny (1932)
    Orane Demazis in Fanny (1932)
    Raimu in Fanny (1932)
    Fanny (1932)
    Fanny (1932)
    Fanny (1932)
    Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay, and Raimu in Fanny (1932)
    Orane Demazis and Pierre Fresnay in Fanny (1932)

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    Raimu
    Raimu
    • Césaras César
    Pierre Fresnay
    Pierre Fresnay
    • Mariusas Marius
    Fernand Charpin
    Fernand Charpin
    • Honore Panisseas Honore Panisse
    Orane Demazis
    Orane Demazis
    • Fannyas Fanny
    Auguste Mouriès
    • Félix Escartefigueas Félix Escartefigue
    • (as Mouriès)
    Robert Vattier
    Robert Vattier
    • Albert Brunas Albert Brun
    • (as Vattier)
    Marcel Maupi
    • Innocent Mangiapan chauffeur du ferry-boatas Innocent Mangiapan chauffeur du ferry-boat
    • (as Maupi)
    Alida Rouffe
    • Honorine Cabanisas Honorine Cabanis
    Milly Mathis
    • Tante Claudine Foulonas Tante Claudine Foulon
    Odette Roger
    • Fortunetteas Fortunette
    Louis Boulle
    • Elzéaras Elzéar
    Édouard Delmont
    Édouard Delmont
    • Dr. Felicien Venelleas Dr. Felicien Venelle
    • (uncredited)
    André Gide
    André Gide
      Pierre Prévert
      • Un voyageur du tramwayas Un voyageur du tramway
      • (uncredited)
      Annie Toinon
      • Amélieas Amélie
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Marc Allégret
      • Writer
        • Marcel Pagnol(play) (screenplay)
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      Marius has left, signed up for a five year hitch on a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. In his few letters to his father César, he hardly mentions Fanny. When she finds she is pregnant, she considers her options: suicide, to raise the child on her own, to wait for Marius, or to marry Honoré Panisse, the older merchant who seeks her hand. These choices are emotional: to raise a bastard, to trust in Marius' eventual return, to believe he'll want to marry her, to save her mother from shame, to fool Panisse, to give her child a name. In scenes dramatizing Fanny's honesty, she talks to her mother, then Panisse, César, and later Marius, and she makes her choices. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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        • Marcel Pagnol's Most Distinguished Masterpiece
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      • Trivia
        Famed restaurateur and founder of California cuisine, Alice Waters, was so taken with the Fanny trilogy that she named her Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse. The café upstairs from the restaurant is decorated with posters from the films Marius, Fanny, and César. Waters also named her own daughter Fanny and opened a small breakfast café in Berkeley called "Café Fanny" in 1984 which closed in March 2012.
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        Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

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      7/10
      The best possible follow-up to Cult Classic 'Marius' and a highly sensitive content far ahead of its time.
      Fanny (1932) : Brief Review -

      The best possible follow-up to Cult Classic 'Marius' and a highly sensitive content far ahead of its time. So this was exactly 37 years before Bollywood adopted this concept with "Ek Phool Do Mali" in 1969, which was considered ahead of its time due to the sensitivity of the topic then just imagine how far ahead Fanny was for its time? Truly unthinkable. And the maturity of this concept was beyond acceptance for 30s audience. French Cinema created a Classic Tear-jerker like 'Marius' (1931) but the way that film ends certainly gives a chance to a great follow-up which could have easily been predicted while watching Marius only. Fanny begins right where Marius ended as we see Fanny getting pregnant by Marius child after Marius had left to acquire his wild dreams. Panisse asks her to Marry him and promises to love the child like his own but things get messy as all of sudden Marius returns to visit the town for a short time of period. Okay, this was highly predictable and even the next things coming were pretty easy to predict or rather i would say things go exactly as you would have liked it to predict and therefore Fanny ends on an matured and fulfilling note. The problem here is, Fanny follows a Cult film which puts a lot of burden on it so obviously it stays behind its predecessor. The emotional quotient is not high when there was a potential for it and most importantly it doesn't make the characters look intellectual which it should have done considering their intellectual behaviour in the predecessor. However, for any Normal film it is overwhelming for sure. I dare everyone, beat the time limit of this content if you can. It was at least 2-3 decades ahead of its time for the impact in real life. Overall, its a deserving sequel which deserves individual love instead of underwhelming praise caused by comparison with its prequel.

      RATING - 7.5/10*

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      • Release date
        • February 12, 1948 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Фанни
      • Filming locations
        • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
      • Production companies
        • Les Films Marcel Pagnol
        • Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
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      • Gross US & Canada
        • $8,262
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $7,720
        • Jan 8, 2017
      • Gross worldwide
        • $8,262
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      • Runtime
        • 2h 5min
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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