Fanny

"FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE."

1961 2h 13m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 46

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her. He must choose between an exciting life at sea, and a boring life with the woman he loves. And Fanny must choose between keeping the man she loves, and letting him live the life he seems to want.

“FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE.”

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Cast

Leslie Caron
Fanny
Maurice Chevalier
Panisse
Charles Boyer
Cesar
Horst Buchholz
Marius
Georgette Anys
Honorine (Fanny's Mother)
Salvatore Baccaloni
Escartifique (Ferryboat Captain)
Lionel Jeffries
Monsieur Brun
Raymond Bussières
The Admiral

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: Julius J. Epstein
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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65 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joshua Logan, shot by Jack Cardiff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Harold Rome. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Editor William Reynolds shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0054866 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 46 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Joshua Logan directs. Jack Cardiff behind the camera. Harold Rome scores. William Reynolds cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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165 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Joshua Logan, shot by Jack Cardiff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Harold Rome. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor William Reynolds shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "FANNY IS ALL THE LOVE STORIES OF THE WORLD ROLLED INTO ONE.".
7IMDB entry: tt0054866 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 46 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jack Cardiff
Original score: Harold Rome
Editing: William Reynolds
Costume design: Anne-Marie Marchand
Makeup / hair: Michel Deruelle
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Fanny (1961)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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CinemaSerf2024-12-13
★ 7/10
Though the story is really rather slow to get going, I did quite enjoy this seaside comedy romance. It's all about the young "Marius" (Horst Buchholz) who can't quite decide between a life at sea or a more pedestrian one at home with his girlfriend "Fanny" (Leslie Caron). His decision making isn't really helped by his dad "Cesar" (Charles Boyer) who wants him to stay at home and take over their little brasserie, nor by the elderly "Panisse" (Maurice Chevalier) who has eyes on his girlfriend. Anyway, with the scene set it now falls to these four to engagingly walk us through a series of admittedly contrived, but still quite entertaining scenarios that are well and truly stolen by the bickering rapport of best pals Boyer and Chevalier who keep threatening to kill each other when they don't get their way. The antics of the youngsters are usually the cause of this, and when she becomes pregnant - well choices have to be made that only serve to further complicate matters as the newly arrived young "Cesario" (Joël Flateau) starts to grow up believing his dad to be, well you can guess... It's a bit on the long side this, but when the writing is at it's best it allows these four characters to deliver quite a characterful drama that raises a smile treading just on the right side of slap-stick and farce. True, Buchholz isn't maybe the best actor, but his boyish Bogarde-esque looks help him to play a good foil to the equally boyish Caron and both of them work well with the two elderly gents who look like the are having quite a bit of fun making this film that swipes at sexism, ageism and stereotypes in quite an amiable fashion. There are also a few fun contributions from her mother (Georgette Anys); Raymond Bussières also adds a light extra light-heartedness as the "Admiral" and by the end, this parody of small-town family life set amongst the fish markets and the sunshine worked well.

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