The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol | movie | 2025 | Official Teaser - video Dailymotion

A modern fable, the animated biopic will chart the epic life of Pagnol, a celebrated French novelist, playwright and fil | dG1fUEhjNm1pUkNmekE

Transcript

00:00Becoming a writer, there are promises that are easier made than kept.

00:08One day, mummy, you'll be proud of me.

00:12So why don't you write a play that will take place at home in Marseille?

00:17Finally, in Francais, who speaks English.

00:23All right, I'll play that cockle baker of yours.

00:26Why did you change your mind?

00:30Talking movies, at last.

00:33Oh, is this a British store?

00:38Marseille, what are you doing here?

00:44I don't want you to write just any old thing about us.

00:47Because wherever you went, I went.

00:53I don't care. I want to play Caesar.

00:56And why is that?

00:59You're talking about leaving the theatre. You don't have the right.

01:02Would it not be a desertion?

01:07We had monstrous successes.

01:10And monstrous failures.

01:12Not to mention our own beloved monsters.

01:21My prayer to the stars will never be German.

01:28I'm already proud of you, Marseille.