Fanny

1961 · 133 min · EN · 6.7 (31 votes)

Dir. Joshua Logan · Starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Georgette Anys, Salvatore Baccaloni · Music Harold Rome

“FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE.”

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Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.

VIBE

A tender, bittersweet portrait of young love caught between wanderlust and domesticity. It's a quiet, reflective film that captures the ache of difficult choices and the enduring power of connection against the backdrop of sun-drenched Marseille.

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