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The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol

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A modern fable, the animated biopic will chart the epic life of Pagnol, a celebrated French novelist, playwright and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world’s most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. Throughout his long career, Pagnol’s books were translated into more than 50 languages and sold more than 150 million units. Pagnol also built his own studio and distribution company, pioneering talking pictures and helping shape the global cinema industry at the time. His movies, including his best-known Provence-set melodrama trilogy “Marius,” “Fanny” and “César,” reached more than 200 admissions worldwide.

Featured Crew

Sylvain Chomet
Director
Luc Venries
First Assistant Camera

Cast

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Noa Staes
Pagnol child
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Olivia Gotanègre
Jacqueline Pagnol
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Sophie Maréchal
Simone Pagnol
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Martin Meersman
Pupil 1: class 1922

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