Fanny
Picking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fanny’s grief after Marius’s departure—and her realization that she’s pregnant. Panisse continues courting her and embraces the baby’s impending arrival as a gift, so long as its paternity remains a secret. Fanny and Panisse wed, but after her baby’s birth, Marius returns unexpectedly and demands what he believes is still his.
- genus: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Les Films Marcel Pagnol
- keyword: husband wife relationship, sexual obsession, platonic love, moral conflict, love, pregnant woman, selfishness, older husband, ego in love, tragicomedy, maternal love, pregnant without husband
- cast: Orane Demazis, Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Auguste Mouriès, Marcel Maupi