Fanny

Jean Girault (born 1980)

True to Pagnol’s play of the same name, the second installment of the Marseille Trilogy, the film *Fanny*, directed by Marc Allégret, was released in 1932.
Marius, yielding to the irresistible call of the sea, left behind his father César and his fiancée Fanny, who is carrying his child. With no news from the man she loves, the young woman resolves to marry the brave Honoré Panisse to give her child a father. But one day, Marius returns… A masterpiece of French cinema, this film bears witness to a bygone era when “unwed mothers” and “bastards” were ostracized by society. Yet the subject it addresses—the foundations of parenthood, whether biological or by choice—remains as relevant today as ever.

Speaker: Solange BECQUÉ-ICKOWICZ