The Baker's Wife (film)
| The Baker's Wife | |
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| Directed by | Marcel Pagnol |
| Produced by | Charles Pons |
| Screenplay by | Marcel Pagnol |
| Based on | Blue Boy by Jean Giono |
| Starring |
Raimu Ginette Leclerc Fernand Charpin |
| Music by | Vincent Scotto |
| Cinematography | Georges Benoît |
| Edited by | Suzanne de Troeye |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Baker's Wife (French: La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol. It is based on the novel Blue Boy by French author Jean Giono and became the basis of the American musical The Baker's Wife.
Plot
The peacefulness of a village is shattered when the wife of the local baker runs off with a handsome shepherd. In his despair, the baker becomes heartbroken and no longer bakes bread. The villages organize forces to bring the wife back to her husband, and back to their daily bread.
Cast
- Raimu as Aimable Castanier
- Ginette Leclerc as Aurélie Castanier
- Fernand Charpin as Le marquis Castan de Venelles
- Robert Vattier as Le Curé
- Charles Blavette as Antonin
- Robert Bassac as L'instituteur
- Marcel Maupi as Barnabé
- Alida Rouffe as Céleste
- Odette Roger as Miette
- Yvette Fournier as Hermine
- Maximilienne as Melle Angèle
- Charblay as Le boucher
- Julien Maffre as Pétugue
- Adrien Legros as Barthelemy
- Jean Castan as Esprit
Awards
- National Board of Review Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film
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