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Jean De Florette (1986) FR #214 | Movie | Drama | France, Italy | English, French
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Director Claude Berri
Writer Marcel Pagnol, Claude Berri, Gerard Brach
Cast Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
Plot A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
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Manon Des Sources aka Manon Of The Spring (1986) FR #669 | Movie | Drama | France, Italy | French
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Director Claude Berri
Writer Marcel Pagnol, Claude Berri, Gerard Brach
Cast Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
Plot A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
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Marius (1931) FR #2675 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
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Director Alexander Korda
Writer Marcel Pagnol
Cast Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin
Plot Marius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves.
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La Femme Du Boulanger aka The Baker'S Wife (1938) FR #2934 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
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Director Marcel Pagnol
Writer Jean Giono, Marcel Pagnol
Cast Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin
Plot A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.
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Fanny (1932) FR #3434 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
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Director Marc Allegret
Writer Marcel Pagnol
Cast Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Charpin
Plot After Fanny's boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out she's pregnant.
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Cesar (1936) FR #3941 | Movie | Drama | France, UK | French, English
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Director Marcel Pagnol
Writer Marcel Pagnol
Cast Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Plot Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Cesariot that h...
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Marcel Pagnol collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
