Marius (2013)

"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Auteuil

Writers:

Marcel Pagnol (play), Daniel Auteuil (adaptation)

Stars:

Daniel Auteuil, Raphaël Personnaz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Auteuil	...	César
Raphaël Personnaz	...	Marius
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Panisse
Victoire Bélézy	...	Fanny
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Honorine
Nicolas Vaude	...	M. Brun
Daniel Russo	...	Escartefigue
Rufus	...	Piquoiseau
Jean-Louis Barcelona	...	Frisepoulet
Martine Diotalevi	...	Mme Escartefigue
Roger Souza	...	Le commis
Laurent Fernandez	...	Le premier marin du Coromandel
Charlie Nelson	...	Le second de la Malaisie
Michel Ferracci	...	Le deuxième marin du Coromandel
Frédéric Gérard	...	Amourdedieu

Storyline

"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, a young and pretty seafood peddler, has secretly been in love with Marius since her childhood; Marius, never admitting it, has always loved Fanny. One day, a sailor drops by La Marine and offers him a job on an exploratory ship. Trying to hold him off and to make him jealous, Fanny confesses his love to him and provokes a fight between Marius and one of César's old friends, Panisse, a boat merchant, who despite his old age, has been courting Fanny for a while. Torn between the call of the sea and his love for her, Marius abandons his dream to be with Fanny who gives herself to him. As César and Honorine, Fanny's mother, are getting ready for the wedding, Marius changes his mind, drawn back to the call of the sea. Sacrificing her love, Fanny convinces Marius to ...

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | sailor | seafood | port | sailing ship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

4 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Мариус

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,478, 25 July 2014

Gross USA:

$5,599

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Alain Sarde, Zack Films, Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A new and very different version of the movie Marius (1931)

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Goofs

The song COME PRIMA performed in the film was composed and first released in 1957 (sung by Tony Dallara). The film is set in twenties or thirties far before the song was ever issued.

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Connections

Version of Haru no tawamure (1949)

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Soundtracks

COME PRIMA
Paroles et Musique de Mario Panzeri, Vincenzo Di Paola, Sandro Taccani.
© Cicala Casa Editrice Musicale
Avec l'autorisation de S.E.M.I., Paris
(Voix et Batterie: Régis Ceccarelli
Guitare & Banjo: Dominic Cravic
Accordéon & Piano: Daniel Colin
Contrebasse: Olivier Moret
Enregistré et Mixé par Alban Sautour, Asst. Estienne Boussuge)
(p) 2012: A.S. FILMS / Zack Films / Pathé Productions

User Reviews

Delightful but some anachronisms make it less authentic than it should be

Sundrenched and redolent of Marseille and Southern France. A real delight but there is a slight puzzle here .... is Auteil setting this in some never-never land? The original dates from 1929, adapted for film two years later. There is no firm indication here of date at all .. the costumes hint at the 1920s or even earlier, the ships in the small port seem in fact 19th century, but characters in a café are dancing to music from the late 1950s. And over the end-titles comes the wonderful Charles Trenet singing a song he recorded in 1947! This is some amazing time-travelling... So the time and settings are all over the shop .. but the story is strong enough to withstand it. I hope the chronology gets sorted out by the time I get around to viewing Part Two, 'Fanny', of this Pagnol trilogy. It better gets sorted out fast .. I'm watching it tomorrow night.