Marcel Pagnol
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Jean de Florette: Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greedy neighbor, César Soubeyran, is plotting to steal the land out from under him with a wicked scheme that drives Jean to the brink of madness.
Manon of the spring:...
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (438 min.) : sound, black and white, some color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Three films by Marcel Pagnol that center on the lives of a Marseilles bar owner, César, his son Marius, a young girl named Fanny, and another merchant named Honoré Parisse.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The enchanting story of Marcel Pagnol's childhood in the south of France, and a very special summer when he was 11 years old. In the countryside of Provence he fell under the spell of the rugged hills, made new friends and strengthened the unique bond with his father.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (195 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
"Marius and Fanny are the first two parts of Marcel Pagnol's classic trilogy following the loves and losses of a Marseille port community. Actor and director Daniel Auteuil has...recreated the grand emotions of these beloved texts" --Container.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Pascal, a well-digger and widower, lives with his six daughters in the Provence countryside during World War I. Pascal dreams of marrying his daughter off to his loyal assistant, but his dream is dashed when she is impregnated by a wealthy young pilot who abandons her for the war front.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
An enchanting countryside comedy about the marital woes of a sweetly deluded baker that snowball into a scandal that engulfs the entire town.
Series
Publisher
Gaumont
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (208 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
Français
Description
My father's glory: Little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.
My mother's castle: Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Three-Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (395 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Marius: Cesar and his son, Marius, run a bar together off a Marseilles port frequented by booze-seeking sailors, grizzled and weather-beaten captains, and the other seaside dwellers who live and work in Marseilles. Marius yearns to join a crew one day and try out his sea legs in search of exotic locations, but his dreams are held at bay by his love for local girl Fanny, whose offer of marriage from a wealthy older suitor brings him to expose his feelings...