{"product_id":"marseille-trilogy-the-dvd","title":"Marseille Trilogy, The (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1930s, Marcel Pagnol, a leading light of the Paris theater, set out for new horizons as a filmmaker in his native Provence. His early masterpieces \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarius, Fanny,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCésar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e mix theatrical stagecraft with realistic location photography to create an epic love story from the fabric of everyday life. Gruff, sentimental César (music-hall star Raimu) owns a waterfront bar in the Old Port of Marseille where his son, Marius (Pierre Fresnay), wipes down tables and dreams of a life at sea. The prosperous, middle-aged sailmaker Panisse (Fernand Charpin) wants to wed Marius’s sweetheart, Fanny (Orane Demazis), setting up a fateful romantic triangle whose story unfolds across a generation in the films of The Marseille Trilogy, which first earned Pagnol his place in cinema history. “If Pagnol is not the greatest auteur of the sound film,” critic André Bazin wrote, “he is in any case something akin to its genius.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introduction by filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Nicolas Pagnol, grandson of writer-director Marcel Pagnol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSegments from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarcel Pagnol: Morceaux choisis,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1973 documentary series on Pagnol’s life and work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMarseille,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea short 1935 documentary about the Marseille harbor produced by Pagnol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival interviews with actors Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay, and Robert Vattier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePagnol’s Poetic Realism,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea new video essay by scholar Brett Bowles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrench television clip from 2015 about the restoration of the trilogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheatrical rerelease trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and excerpts from Pagnol’s introductions to his plays and screenplays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew cover by Manuele Fior\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41931884921032,"sku":"CC2777DDVD","price":124.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/marseilletrilogydvd.jpg?v=1653679158","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/marseille-trilogy-the-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}