Fanny (1932) - film review

Fanny has allowed her lover Marius to follow his desire to travel.  But a short while after Marius has set out for a five year trip on a ship bound for the Indian Ocean, Fanny discovers that she is pregnant.  Although she is still in love with Marius, she has no other option but to accept the offer of marriage from the widowed sail-maker Honoré Panisse...

The second film in Pagnol’s celebrated Marius-Fanny-César trilogy follows on directly from the first film.  Now it is the turn of Orane Demazis to take centre-stage in an emotionally charged and moving portrayal of a pregnant woman who has to choose between fidelity to the man she loves and the obligations of social propriety.

This touching romantic tale is typical Pagnol, replete with colourful characters and engaging drama, set in the environs of his beloved Provence.

© James Travers 2001

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