Synopsis wrote:
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 his real father is Marius, the absent son of César, Cesariot’s godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad’s mother. Dissembling that he’s off to see a friend, Cesariot then seeks Marius, now a mechanic in Toulon. Posing as a journalist, Cesariot spends time with Marius and leaves believing tales he is a petty thief. Only after the truth comes out can Marius, Fanny, César, and Cesariot step beyond the falsehoods, benign though they may be.

César (1936).mkv

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Runtime: 	2 h 21 min
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https://nitro.download/view/679E592784886B1/Cesar_(1936).mkv

https://rapidgator.net/file/7cd7193ee06b994617c3b6612062ad0c/Cesar_(1936).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

The post Marcel Pagnol – César (1936) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

This little-known Marcel Pagnol production stars his wife Jacqueline as a miller’s daughter. The film concerns her romance with the rich and powerful Schubert, played by Tino Rossi. However, the storyline of La Belle Meuniere is not as fascinating as the film’s technical history. It was lensed in an experimental process called Rouxcolor, wherein four black-and-white images were projected on the screen simultaneously through special tinted lenses, thereby giving the illusion of color and depth. Pagnol had intended to make film in the usual “flat” black-and-white process, but when he became intrigued with Rouxcolor he scrapped his completed footage and started all over. Unfortunately, Rouxicolor proved too cumbersome for widespread distribution. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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https://nitro.download/view/457EB948144303D/La_belle_meuniere.fr.srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:French, English, German, Spanish

The post Marcel Pagnol – La belle meunière AKA The Pretty Miller Girl (1948) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
Merlusse is a teacher in an all-boys boarding school – pupils hate him since he smells, they think, has a glass eye and is very strict. When Christmas Eve arrives most boys leave school to spend the holidays with their families but a small group of lonely boys is left behind with Merlusse as their overseer. Merlusse doesn’t get along with the boys very well and they pull various tricks on him…

Merlusse - Marcel Pagnol (1938).mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/E62D7DFC5E75493/Merlusse_-_Marcel_Pagnol_(1938).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, German, Italian, Spanish

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Judy Bloch, Pacific Film Archive wrote:
Aubignac, a village situated high upon a crag in Provence, suffers the common fate of such enclaves, reduced and abandoned over time. Only three people remain: an old blacksmith, a withered crone, and a middle-aged poacher, Panturle (Gabriel Gabrio). And finally, it is Panturle, alone. Enter Arsule (Orane Demazis), a down-at-the-heels cabaret singer, and Gédémus (Fernandel), an itinerant knife-grinder who has picked her up; now she pulls his cart, like something out of La Strada. Arsule and Panturle team up to revitalize her existence and his land, the welcoming soil of Aubignac. Harvest, based on Jean Giono’s novel, is at once Pagnol’s crudest and clearest statement about humans and the earth: both will decay if left alone. But there is darkness, too—like the grinder whose comic ruses are edged with threat—against which the simple humanity of Arsule and Panturle becomes rather more complex.

Regain - Marcel Pagnol (1937).mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2 h 17 min
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#1:  	French 2.0ch 24bit FLAC @ 618 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/702BE893F5DC136/Regain_-_Marcel_Pagnol_(1937).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, French

The post Marcel Pagnol – Regain aka Harvest (1937) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

It was to be Marcel Pagnol’s last film; like Mankiewicz, he did not make any movies (apart from a short) in the last twenty years of his life; probably busy writing his memoirs (“le Château De Ma Mère,La Gloire de Mon Père ” which were successfully tranfered to the screen by Yves Robert in the late eighties.).

Alphonse Daudet’s short stories were tailor made for a Provençal director such as Pagnol;if you go to Provence,you can visit the windmill where Daudet was supposed to write his “letters” ;actually he never lived in this place,but in the castle of some of his friends near the legendary mill.But it’s true that most of the stories which were included in “LETTRES DE MON MOULIN” are true stories: Daudet was told about Maitre Cornille ,MR Seguin’s goat and others by peasants and shepherds he used to meet when he walked across the hills.

Pagnol selected three short stories:

segment 1 “L’ELixir du Reverend Père Gaucher” :this delicious elixir (liquor)is still selling in Provence today!Father Gaucher inherits a lot of stuff from his auntie;particularly interesting is the receipt of a liquor.A dealer (FErnand Sardou) is very interested and the fact that it is made by monks gives a ” serious” guarantee to the product.As the father gets drunk every time he makes his liquor,his mates the monks invent a new absolution:the absolution while the sinner is sinning!

Segment 2: “LE SECRET DE MAITRE CORNILLE”.The novel underwent some changes:the writer Daudet appears in the flesh ;it’s him who reveals the secret:the windmill is running but there’s no wheat in it,it runs light.

The philosophy was ahead of its time: clean energy please!

Segment 3:”LES TROIS MESSES BASSES ” The devil takes the shape of Garrigou,the sacristan and begins to lead a priest into temptation:it’s Christmas night,but before the Reveillon (midnight meal),the religious man has got to celebrate three masses;the devil talks and talks and talks of the turkeys,trouts and truffles,they will have after the services ;so the priest entirely botches the last mass, skipping the Pater and the Credo.God is not prepared to accept it.

It was the time when Pagnol’s style had begun to be a bit obsolete;but you can watch these three shorts with pleasure.

https://nitro.download/view/2C978CBEC843315/1.-_L’elixir_du_pere_Gaucher_-_Le_secret_de_Maitre_Cornille.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/10C9A721E0EC745/1.-_L’elixir_du_pere_Gaucher_-_Le_secret_de_Maitre_Cornille.idx
https://nitro.download/view/3FF7F43C16347F2/1.-_L’elixir_du_pere_Gaucher_-_Le_secret_de_Maitre_Cornille.sub
https://nitro.download/view/2D4ADC8778073AB/2.-_Les_trois_messes_basses_-_Le_cure_de_Cucugnan.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/0D6E4E0FC841D17/2.-_Les_trois_messes_basses_-_Le_cure_de_Cucugnan_.idx
https://nitro.download/view/6D620CE66952CAA/2.-_Les_trois_messes_basses_-_Le_cure_de_Cucugnan_.sub

Language:French
Subtitles:English,French,German,Italian,Spanish sub/idx

The post Marcel Pagnol – Les lettres de mon moulin AKA Letters from My Windmill (1954) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

IMDB wrote:
Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the small town will blame Alphonse and Alphonse’s life will be miserable. Alphonse, the curate, the teacher, and some of the townsfolk spend the rest of the movie trying to keep Jofroi from committing suicide… This is not complicated… the movie is not about the plot; it is all about the characters and the dialogue.

Jofroi (1934).mkv

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Runtime: 	50mn 38s
Size: 	1.94 GiB
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Resolution: 	986x720 
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https://nitro.download/view/10FC81943DDC333/Jofroi_(1934).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:French, English

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