
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 mothe... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| New York TimesBen KenigsbergMr. Auteuil’s passion project is sincere but not successful, honorable but not alive. |
| Montreal GazetteT'Cha DunlevyAuteuil is not the greatest movie director, but he has strong dramatic instincts, as evidenced by the strong performances he elicits from his actors, and delivers himself. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearIt’s best to sit back and luxuriate in the film’s unhurried pleasures: crisp Mediterranean settings, Alexandre Desplat’s mournful score and a clutch of likeable performances. |
| GuardianMike McCahillAuteuil has fashioned hidebound museum pieces that expand the backdrop with sun-dappled glimpses of port activity, while generally resisting any notes of modernity or change of emphasis. What modicum of cosy Sunday-afternoon pleasure they provide stems from the performers. |
| Slant MagazineClayton DillardThe characters, the sets, and the scenes all exist to propagate the notion that pleasure derives from repetition and remediation. |
| User ReviewMartin SDe solides interprétations ( dont la révélation Victoire Belezy ) pour le 2e adaptation de la fameuse trilogie de Pagnol! Le texte réfléchi, drôle et humain de ce dernier est mis à l'honneur dans ce film! Touchant et captivant, Fanny de Daniel Auteuil est une vraie réussite qui redonne vie à cette fameuse pièce de Pagnol avec brio! |