César (1936)
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. (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Directed By: Marcel Pagnol
Written By: Marcel Pagnol
Starring: Fernand Charpin, Pierre Fresnay, Raimu, Orane Demazis, André Fouché, Thommeray
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César belongs to 10 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 153 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
3. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
4. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
5. BFI Film Classics (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
6. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
7. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
8. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
9. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (private: PepeCamello - 1 star)
10. Watchlist (private: GrimsChild)
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| Nov 30, 2020 |  |
TheShiznit | 65 87% |
| Sep 07, 2020 | UgDemirelce | 76 61% |
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| Jun 02, 2020 |  |
hulot | 80 80% |
| Apr 18, 2020 |  |
chadisdanger | 84 76% |
| Apr 10, 2020 | doyler29 | 90 85% |
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I love these films. While they are fairly melodramatic in their plot machinations, they really breathe with the textures of life and never feel artificial or stagey. They also have a wonderful streak of gentle humor to them. Pierre Fresnay's Marius and Raimu (his father, the titular César) have some fairly difficult lifting to do conveying decades of anger and misunderstandings and they make it look effortless.
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| Dec 12, 2019 |  |
mycollection | 100 0% |
| Dec 05, 2019 | flipperrbm | 6 74% |
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| Aug 12, 2019 | account2 | 59 62% |
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| Jul 22, 2019 | knives | 85 93% |
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| Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 80 71% |
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| Jan 31, 2019 |  |
TMDaines | 75 57% |
| Jun 12, 2018 | Grandaddy | 70 61% |
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| May 08, 2018 | mfl | 65 66% |
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| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 75 61% |
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| Dec 30, 2017 |  |
Eric WK | 80 74% |
| Dec 24, 2017 |  |
JakeAesthete | 50 48% |
| Jun 13, 2017 | AHP | 70 34% |
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| Jun 04, 2017 |  |
fabiovisnadi | 88 74% |
| Mar 21, 2017 | zevel6 | 63 78% |
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| Mar 02, 2017 | jerrywarton | 72 77% |
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| Jan 09, 2017 | JambaLanev | 80 74% |
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| Sep 11, 2016 |  |
jackinthebox | 70 56% |
| Dec 15, 2015 |  |
robot2xl | 73 48% |
| Jul 31, 2015 | GRouleau | 80 83% |
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| Jul 15, 2015 | thirdeye42 | 77 76% |
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| Jun 02, 2015 |  |
jeff_v | 60 23% |
| May 19, 2015 | dglink | 70 32% |
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| Sep 16, 2013 |  |
Limdebois | 70 68% |
| Jun 15, 2013 | PUNQ | 50 78% |
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The final film of Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy. And still it leaves me a little underwhelmed. Might be that I've still not gotten used to the all ('too-much') talking French films yet. The trilogy works best together then as singular films. Then it's more like a mini-series or a soap opera where you develop some kind of intimacy with the characters. The film is slow, but it leaves a satisfying conclusion to the story and reaches a emotional peak during the family reunion.
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| May 27, 2013 |  |
gwynplaine | 85 70% |
| Jan 31, 2013 |  |
sergebarber | 70 71% |
| Apr 22, 2012 | nrm4 | 50 28% |
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| Dec 29, 2011 |  |
winds | 5 51% |
| Jul 07, 2011 |  |
Veterini | 45 10% |
| Jun 18, 2011 |  |
MartinTeller | 82 73% |
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Overall this is a better film than the second and nearly as good as the first. We find the three title characters discovering and rebuilding their bonds. Raimu again shines the brightest, a wonderfully memorable father figure. The themes of forgiveness, reconciliation and crawling out from under your past are very resonant and endearing. The characters are all flawed but endearing, as they struggle between their conscience and their indignation. Very nice conclusion to the trilogy.
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| Jan 20, 2011 |  |
imdb | 78 91% |
| Aug 19, 2010 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 77 78% |
| Average Percentile 65.24% from 37 Ratings |  |
