Fanny

Unrated

6/28/19612h 13m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Joshua Logan

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

husband wife relationship
marseille, france
love
voyage

Cast

Leslie Caron

~ as ~

Fanny

Maurice Chevalier

~ as ~

Panisse

Charles Boyer

~ as ~

Cesar

Horst Buchholz

~ as ~

Marius

Georgette Anys

~ as ~

Honorine (Fanny's Mother)

Salvatore Baccaloni

~ as ~

Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)

Lionel Jeffries

~ as ~

Monsieur Brun

Raymond Bussières

~ as ~

The Admiral

Joël Flateau

~ as ~

Cesario (Fanny's Son)

Victor Francen

~ as ~

Panisse's older brother

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
Though the story is really rather slow to get going, I did quite enjoy this seaside comedy romance. It's all about the young "Marius" (Horst Buchholz) who can't quite decide between a life at sea or a more pedestrian one at home with his girlfriend "Fanny" (Leslie Caron). His decision making isn't really helped by his dad "Cesar" (Charles Boyer) who wants him to stay at home and take over their little brasserie, nor by the elderly "Panisse" (Maurice Chevalier) who has eyes on his girlfriend. Anyway, with the scene set it now falls to these four to engagingly walk us through a series of admittedly contrived, but still quite entertaining scenarios that are well and truly stolen by the bickering rapport of best pals Boyer and Chevalier who keep threatening to kill each other when they don't get their way. The antics of the youngsters are usually the cause of this, and when she becomes pregnant - well choices have to be made that only serve to further complicate matters as the newly arrived young "Cesario" (Joël Flateau) starts to grow up believing his dad to be, well you can guess... It's a bit on the long side this, but when the writing is at it's best it allows these four characters to deliver quite a characterful drama that raises a smile treading just on the right side of slap-stick and farce. True, Buchholz isn't maybe the best actor, but his boyish Bogarde-esque looks help him to play a good foil to the equally boyish Caron and both of them work well with the two elderly gents who look like the are having quite a bit of fun making this film that swipes at sexism, ageism and stereotypes in quite an amiable fashion. There are also a few fun contributions from her mother (Georgette Anys); Raymond Bussières also adds a light extra light-heartedness as the "Admiral" and by the end, this parody of small-town family life set amongst the fish markets and the sunshine worked well.