Man With A Movie List

Director: Marc Allégret Year: 1932 Run-time: 2 hr 7 min Source: Criterion Channel Streaming Notable For : This is the sequel to Marius , and the second in a beloved trilogy of French films based on contemporary plays by Marcel Pagnol.  It picks up immediately after the first film left off, changing the focus from the young man full of wanderlust to the woman that he carelessly leaves behind.  All of the great actors return from the first film. The mood weaves behind wry, character-based humor to extremely poignant drama.  There's a remarkable and novel compassion for women in this film, and the relevance to feminism may be one factor in the film's being remade twice. Verdict : I liked Marius , but Fanny  is revelatory in how it puts the first film into a greater dramatic context.  A contemporary moviegoer might well sympathize with Marius' desire to see more than his confining hometown, but the tremendous hardship that he imposes on Fanny, who is lef...