Foreign Film: "Marius" (France, 2013, 93 minutes)

The original film version of Marius (1931) was the first in a classic trilogy (The Marseille Trilogy) directed by Marcel Pagnol. The second and third films were Fanny (1932) and César (1936). Marius and Fanny were adapted from plays written by Pagnol, whereas Pagnol wrote César exclusively for the screen. Popular French actor and director Daniel Auteuil has undertaken to remake all three films. Thus far, his versions of Marius (2013) and Fanny (2013) have been released, and the release of César is expected sometime later this year. Marius is set in Marseille in the early 1900s. The young man of the film’s title works in his father’s port-side bar and dreams of setting off to sea; but when Fanny, the woman he loves, begins courting an older man in order to make him jealous, Marius is torn between true love and his longtime passion for a life at sea. Admission is free and all are welcome. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.