Harvest
The Baker's Wife
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Harvest (Regain)
Directed by Marcel Pagnol.
With Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel.
France, 1937, 35mm, black & white, 127 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: HFA
A down-on-her-luck cabaret singer (Demazis) and an itinerant scissor grinder (Fernandel) wander through the French Alps, when they pass a deserted village where a half-wild hunter (Gabrio) resides. The singer is moved by the loner's devotion to the land, and agrees to stay with him and bring life to the once-barren village. Based on a novel by Jean Giono, Harvest was initially delayed for release in New York when censors balked at the film's adulterous subject matter, but it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger)
Directed by Marcel Pagnol.
With Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Charles Moulin.
France, 1938, 35mm, black & white, 123 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: HFA
A provincial baker (Raimu) is distraught when his young wife (Leclerc) leaves him for a shepherd (Moulin). The comical baker is no longer able to provide his services for the town, which leads the villagers to form a search party for his betrothed, lest they continue to be denied their daily bread. Although based on a novel by Jean Giono, the film was carefully tailored to the comedic skills of French clown Raimu.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
Ballad of a Soldier / The Forty-First
Nightfall / Great Day in the Morning
Verboten! / Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name / The Jokers
Hearts of the World / True Heart Susie
Anna Christie / The Long Voyage Home
Suddenly Last Summer / The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Quiet Days in Clichy / Henry and June
The Freshman / The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sheep Has Five Legs / The Law is the Law
Hobson's Choice / Sidewalks of London
I Know Where I'm Going / Outcast of the Islands
An Inspector Calls / The Belles of St. Trinian's
Mother Joan of the Angels / Thérèse
Dawn of the Dead / Strange Behavior
