Fanny

Feb 12 1948 Not Rated 2h 20m
Comedy, Drama

Picking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fanny’s grief after Marius’s departure—and her realization that she’s pregnant. Panisse continues courting her and embraces the baby’s impending arrival as a gift, so long as its paternity remains a secret. Fanny and Panisse wed, but after her baby’s birth, Marius returns unexpectedly and demands what he believes is still his.

Plot

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.

Written by

Marcel Pagnol

Directed by

Marc Allégret

Cast

Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Les Films Marcel Pagnol

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,011
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA