Marcel Pagnol's Provence

11/25/05 to 12/18/05

  • César, December 18

  • Upcoming
    Films
  • Upcoming
    Events
  • Selected
    Objects
  • Past
    Films
  • Past
    Events

Past Films

  • Harvest

    Friday, November 25 19:00
    Fanny's Orane Demazis is paired with Fernandel in Pagnol's haunting tribute to the harsh and giving land, "one of the true and essential French film classics."-Pauline Kael
    View Details

  • The Baker's Wife

    Friday, November 25 21:25
    The great tragicomedian Raimu stars in this warm comedy. Orson Welles once called The Baker's Wife "a perfect movie," and Raimu "the greatest actor of the cinema."
    View Details

  • Angèle

    Sunday, November 27 14:00
    The poetry is in the details of this tender Provençal portrait. "Pagnol's finest film."-Georges Sadoul
    View Details

  • Topaze (Free Screening!)

    Thursday, December 1 17:30
    This delightfully cynical satire chronicles a man's transformation from timid teacher to crooked businessman.
    View Details

  • The Well-Digger's Daughter

    Thursday, December 8 19:30
    Raimu, Fernandel, and Josette Day in an earthy, compassionate comedy of unwed pregnancy, the first film begun in France under the Nazi Occupation.
    View Details

  • Letters from My Windmill

    Thursday, December 15 19:30
    Priests, booze, bread, and the Devil all figure in Pagnol's charming adaptation of three stories by 19th-century Provençal author Alphonse Daudet. "Spiced with sharp earthy humor . . . a rare cinema treat."-NY Times
    View Details

  • Marius

    Saturday, December 17 18:00
    The first installment in the beloved "Fanny Trilogy" introduces César, boisterous proprietor of a Marseilles bar; his son Marius, drawn by the call of the sea; and Fanny the fishmonger, the apex of a triangle between Marius and widower Panisse. "These films display such old-fashioned virtues as truth to life and boundless humanity."-Time Out
    View Details

  • Fanny

    Saturday, December 17 20:20
    The continuation of the trilogy is Fanny's tragedy but César's story: he is played by the incomparable Raimu. Repeated on December 18.
    View Details

  • Fanny

    Sunday, December 18 15:00
    Please see December 17.
    View Details

  • César

    Sunday, December 18 17:30
    The conclusion of the trilogy poignantly evokes remembrances and regrets as the cycle of life and love begins again. "Today the modest charms and graces of the Pagnol trilogy seem more precious than ever."-Time Out
    View Details