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Fanny

Fanny

1932 · 127 min · FR · 7.5 (83 votes)
Dir. Marc Allégret · Starring Orane Demazis, Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Auguste Mouriès, Marcel Maupi · Marcel Pagnol's Marseille Trilogy
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Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.

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A poignant, old-world drama exploring the complexities of love and duty. It feels like a sweeping, romantic epic tinged with the sadness of missed chances and the quiet strength of maternal devotion.

melancholicwistfuldramaticbittersweetsteadyclassic Hollywood dramacharacter-drivenperiod piecelovesacrificefamilyregret
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husband wife relationshipsexual obsessionplatonic lovemoral conflictlovepregnant womanselfishnessolder husbandego in lovetragicomedymaternal lovepregnant without husband
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