Fernand Charpin

  • Marcel Pagnol – La Femme du boulanger AKA The Baker’s Wife (1938)

    1931-1940ClassicsComedyFranceMarcel Pagnol

    Synopsis:
    In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakeryRead More »

  • Jean Renoir – Chotard et Cie AKA Chotard and Company (1932)

    1931-1940ComedyFranceJean Renoir

    IMDb review:

    Sandwiched between “Boudu Sauvé des Eaux” and “Madame Bovary” ,”Chotard et Cie” is necessarily a let-down .Adapted from a stage play,it’s a badly constructed movie.Roughly there are three parts and the connection between them is very thin.

    ACT ONE: Chotard (Charpin) is in the grocery business.After a ball,his daughter marries a poet ,much to her father’s annoyance.The son-in-law is no good at anything,not even weighing ham, and giving sweets for free to the children in the neighborhood.Read More »

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