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Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
345 audience votes
Key crew
- Yves RobertDirector
- Vladimir CosmaOriginal Music Composer
- Yves RobertWriter
- Jérôme TonnerreWriter
- Louis NucéraWriter
Cast
- Philippe CaubèreJoseph Pagnol
- Nathalie RousselAugustine Pagnol
- Didier PainUncle Jules
- Thérèse LiotardAunt Rose
- Julien CiamacaMarcel Pagnol, 11 years old
- Victorien DelamarePaul Pagnol, 5 years old
- Joris MolinasLili des Bellons
- Benoit MartinMarcel Pagnol, 5 years old
- Paul CrauchetEdmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
- Pierre MaguelonFrançois, father of Lili
- Michel ModoPostman
- Jean RougerieBergougnas, secondhand dealer
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Themes
parent child relationshipprovencesouthern francebiographyteacherrural areasummerbased on memoir or autobiographymarcel pagnolhillturn of the century1900s