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Toni

  • 19351935
  • 1h 24m
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7.2/10
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Toni (1935)
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In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has move... Read allIn the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, ... Read allIn the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate r... Read all
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  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • Jean Renoir(screenplay)
    • Jacques Levert(based upon material compiled by)
    • Carl Einstein(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Blavette
    • Celia Montalván
    • Jenny Hélia
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  • Director
    • Jean Renoir
  • Writers
    • Jean Renoir(screenplay)
    • Jacques Levert(based upon material compiled by)
    • Carl Einstein(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Blavette
    • Celia Montalván
    • Jenny Hélia
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    • 24Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Charles Blavette
    Charles Blavette
    • Antonio Canovaas Antonio Canova…
    Celia Montalván
    • Josefaas Josefa
    Jenny Hélia
    • Marieas Marie
    Édouard Delmont
    Édouard Delmont
    • Fernandas Fernand
    Max Dalban
    • Albertas Albert
    • (as Dalban)
    Michel Kovachevitch
    • Sebastianas Sebastian
    • (as M. Kovachevicht)
    Andrex
    Andrex
    • Gabias Gabi
    Paul Bozzi
    • Guitar Playeras Guitar Player
    • (uncredited)
    Vincent Florio
    • Un enfant de choeuras Un enfant de choeur
    • (uncredited)
    Jacques Levert
    • Police Commissioneras Police Commissioner
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean Renoir
    • Writers
      • Jean Renoir(screenplay)
      • Jacques Levert(based upon material compiled by)
      • Carl Einstein(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      The film analyses topics such as the emigration, looking for opportunities within the new industry, problems for adaptation that were not showed before.
    • Goofs
      At c. 57 minutes a hot dish of ratatouille is taken out of the oven and put on the table. Moments later the baby touches the edge of the dish with no ill effects whatsoever.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [first lines]

      Narrator: The action takes place in the south of France, a Latin region where, destroying the spirit of Babel, nature knows full well tto achieve the fusion of the races.

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Renoir le patron, 1e partie: La recherche du relatif (1967)

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    A special case in Renoir's oeuvre
    "Toni" did not continue the ferocious works of the early thirties which made Renoir the first director of the era.Gone were the attacks against the bourgeoisie which we found in "La Chienne" "Boudu Sauvé des Eaux" and even in the adaptations of novels from the nineteenth century such as "Madame Bovary" and "Nana".Toni is a special case in Renoir's work.It was probably his most accessible film of the era.It was at once his simplest and yet most complex effort .

    Produced by Pagnol,in Pagnol's country,La Provence,with some of Pagnol's actors(Andrex was featured in "Angèle" whereas Charles Blavette was part of the cast of "La Femme du Boulanger"),it might look like a Pagnolesque movie but do not rely on appearances.Both the prologue and the epilogue could not be in a Pagnol movie in which the modern world (a bridge,an oil refinery)is almost absent.Unlike Pagnol,there's no humor or bonhomie in "Toni".The characters have not that colorful side which is Raimu's and Fernandel's trademarks.

    It has been said a lot of times that "Toni" predated the Italian Neorealism by fifteen years .It's true for the prologue and the epilogue which frame the movie : the Italian workers coming to France to find a job in the railway station then on their way to the country of milk and honey,so to speak ,make me think of De Santis's "Risco Amaro" and of course De Sica's "Ladri di biciclette".But,as Jacques Lourcelles wrote,Italian Neorealism's main concern was to depict the immediate present,and Renoir 's movie's core is a story close to what the French called "chansons réalistes ",a field where Frehel and Edith Piaf won fame.The fact that it's based on a true story does not matter much:it could be a short news item.

    "Toni" is ,no more ,no less,the story of characters constantly tearing each other apart.The hero,in love with Josepha,marries Marie and both of them aren't happy.As for Josepha she marries a brute and she lives with her husband and her cousin,a despicable coward.All that Toni and Josepha try to do to escape from an ominous fate backfires against them:the ending is telling since the two lovers ,trying to save each other,precipitate their ruin.

    Admirable sequences:Toni and Josepha ,on the path,where she claims a bee is in her blouse;Marie,in her boat on the lake,intending to commit suicide ,a scene superbly filmed by Claude Renoir;Toni,desperately running on the bridge.

    Renoir used to see La Provence as a tower of Babel (he told us so at the beginning of his film) ,the French (or Latin more like) melting pot.Spanish ,Italian guys joined their French brothers.And it's important to notice it,those aliens are not treated as inferiors ,or at least Renoir shows them so.

    Minor quibble:Charles Blavette is not well cast as Toni;he 's got the famous Provençal accent whereas he is supposed to be an Italian!
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    • Release date
      • November 4, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • Italian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Тони
    • Filming locations
      • Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production company
      • Les Films Marcel Pagnol
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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