Marius

Stagey, barely convincing, and riddled with poor filmmaking/acting.

It's like reading a novel from a very talented writer. A tale of love, sacrifice and dreams!

That end sequence is so sad

This is a charming film about love and sacrifice, populated with loveable characters and amusing situations. There is an easygoing air to these old French movies... even the arguments and conflicts have an affectionate tone. The father-son relationship between Marius and Cesar (a winning performance by Raimu) has an adorable sweetness to it, as when they each humor the other's deceptions. Demazis' portrayal of Fanny is a little harder to pin down, but such is the nature of an adolescent girl.

Marius estreava há 90 anos em Paris. Não que eu morra de amores pelo Korda, mas o universo pagnoliano é charmoso demais. DVD OP.

I really adore this trilogy. I've been watching the Blu-Ray restorations crazily out of order since I have seen them on (terrible) VHS copies and know the plot well, having also seen the (surprisingly) not terrible English remake that condenses the story into one film. I really love how these film gently unfold and despite their rather melodramatic plots, seem to really about the small human details of life.

Writing of characters here is paramount, and this builds up to a very strong finale, revealing a major talent at work.

I didn't feel the magic as much in this classic. Maybe it's a film thats get stronger by each viewing, but on first view it dragged on a bit with too much talking seemingly going nowhere fast. For sure interesting characters and the story was there, but didn't think they got as much out of the moments as one could have hoped. However the ending was fairly strong and lifted up the impression.