La Femme du boulanger

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La Femme du boulanger is a classic 1938 French film, written and directed by Marcel Pagnol, that blends gentle comedy and rural drama in the story of a village baker whose wife runs away, causing him to stop baking and throwing the community into turmoil.

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instanceOf French film
film
basedOn a story by Jean Giono
castMember Charles Moulin NERFINISHED
Ginette Leclerc NERFINISHED
Raimu NERFINISHED
Robert Vattier NERFINISHED
characterType shepherd lover of the baker’s wife
village priest
village schoolteacher
cinematographyBy Nicolas Hayer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
criticalReputation considered a classic of French cinema
director Marcel Pagnol NERFINISHED
distributor Les Films Marcel Pagnol NERFINISHED
era pre-World War II French cinema
filmFormat black-and-white
genre comedy
comedy-drama
drama
hasWikipediaPage yes
leadActor Raimu NERFINISHED
leadRole Raimu as Aimable the baker
mainCharacter Aimable Castanier NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation baker
medium feature film
musicBy Vincent Scotto NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus impact of a marital crisis on a small community
notableFor blend of gentle comedy and rural drama
portrait of Provençal village life
originalLanguage French
partOf Marcel Pagnol’s Provençal cycle NERFINISHED
plotSummary A village baker stops baking after his young wife runs away with a shepherd, throwing the community into turmoil.
productionCompany Les Films Marcel Pagnol NERFINISHED
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 133
screenAdaptationOf Jean Giono’s short story
screenwriter Marcel Pagnol NERFINISHED
setting French village
rural Provence
theme community solidarity
forgiveness
marital infidelity
rural life
title La Femme du boulanger NERFINISHED
translatedTitle The Baker’s Wife NERFINISHED
writer Marcel Pagnol NERFINISHED

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Marcel Pagnol notableWork La Femme du boulanger
The Baker's Wife basedOn La Femme du boulanger
this entity surface form: La Femme du Boulanger
Serge Reggiani notableWork La Femme du boulanger
this entity surface form: La Femme du boulanger (stage role)