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Angèle, the daughter of Clarius, a farmer in the mountain of Provence, lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin. One day, near the farm, she meets Louis, a good-looking young man from Marseilles who is taking a holiday there. Unaware that he is nothing but a gigolo she is seduced by Louis and follows him to the city. But Louis, who has made her pregnant, forces her to be a whore before rejecting her. A year later, Saturnin comes to Marseilles in search of Angèle and finds her in a sorry state. He persuades her to return to the farm….
Director: Marcel Pagnol.
Writers: Jean Giono (novel “Un de Baumugnes”), Marcel Pagnol.
Stars: Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Henri Poupon, Jean Servais, Annie Toinon, Blanche Poupon, Marcelle Vial, Thommeray, Andrex, Charles Blavette, Juliette Petit, Fernand Flament, Darcelys, Delaurme, Édouard Delmont.
Cinematographer: Willy Faktorovitch.
Composer: Vincent Scotto.
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Terrific, Jon! Thanks, I’ve been looking forward to seeing this. Thanks, as well, for ‘Get Rich Quick Wallingford’! That one had been a hard one to find, Thank you for helping out!
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Thanks Jon for the upgrade! A great film for Fernandel fans, he’s terrific everywhere he appears.
What a lovely feature. While it certainly has its darknesses and tensions, Angèle is a much more lighthearted film than its synopsis would suggest and is much the better for so being. There is certainly room for dour stories along similar lines–Les Misérables, after all, is a perennial favorite–but any worthwhile topic deserves to be given a variety of treatments, and Angèle well fills such a role. The film is funny–tremendously funny–due in no small part to the comedic Saturnin, played by Fernandel. He is endlessly charming in the role, providing much of the foolish wit and loving warmth that form the backbone of the picture. All the actors, really, are well-suited to their roles, and the cast is pleasantly balanced with the right amount of personalities.
The music, I feel, deserves special mention. Vincent Scotto’s score is so expressive as to practically be a character in its own right, and it adds a welcome nuance to many scenes, seeming almost to comment on the action like a friend over one’s shoulder, playing coy with the mood such that it leads the viewer’s heart both to hope for happiness and to fear the loss thereof, never quite giving away which will be the outcome of a given scene.
While there are many more sophisticated compliments one can give to a movie, there is perhaps no nobler praise than simply to say that one is glad to have watched it. I am glad to have watched Angèle. Thank you for the opportunity, Jon.