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Marius (2013) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Daniel Auteuil

Written By:
Marcel Pagnol
Daniel Auteuil

Actors:
Daniel Auteuil ..... César
Raphaël Personnaz ..... Marius
Jean-Pierre Darroussin ..... Panisse
Victoire Bélézy ..... Fanny
Marie-Anne Chazel ..... Honorine
Nicolas Vaude ..... M. Brun
Daniel Russo ..... Escartefigue
Rufus ..... Piquoiseau
Jean-Louis Barcelona ..... Frisepoulet
Martine Diotalevi ..... Mme Escartefigue
Roger Souza ..... Le commis
Laurent Fernandez ..... Le premier marin du Coromandel
Charlie Nelson ..... Le second de la Malaisie
Michel Ferracci ..... Le deuxième marin du Coromandel
Frédéric Gérard ..... Amourdedieu

Synopsis:

Marius is directed and adapted by renowned French actor Daniel Auteuil from Marcel Pagnol's classic Marseilles trilogy. Daniel Auteuil made his international career in the mid-1980s with roles in the highly-successful adaptations of Marcel Pagnol's Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Now he has undertaken a remake of Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy, which begins with Marius and continues with Fanny. Marius lives in bustling 1920s Marseille where his childhood friendship with fishmonger's daughter Fanny blossoms into love. Despite this he is restless and yearns to run away to sea. Only a figure of Auteuil's stature could have managed the task of bringing this French national treasure back to the big screen; he contributes colour, lush production values and a degree of faithfulness to the much hallowed 1930s film adaptations, as well as his own performance in the role of César, Marius s dockside bar-owning father.

Marius takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, a young and pretty seafood peddler, has secretly been in love with Marius since her childhood; Marius, never admitting it, has always loved Fanny. One day, a sailor drops by La Marine and offers him a job on an exploratory ship. Trying to hold him off and to make him jealous, Fanny confesses his love to him and provokes a fight between Marius and one of César's old friends, Panisse, a boat merchant, who despite his old age, has been courting Fanny for a while. Torn between the call of the sea and his love for her, Marius abandons his dream to be with Fanny who gives herself to him. As César and Honorine, Fanny's mother, are getting ready for the wedding, Marius changes his mind, drawn back to the call of the sea. Sacrificing her love, Fanny convinces Marius to embark on his journey, leaving her behind. Devastated but holding back her tears, she hides Marius' decision to his father.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 April, 2016.