MY FATHER’S GLORY
| 1990 (Re-released in 2023) – 105′ – Drama, Coming of Age, Films & Literature, Classic, Period & History, Family 14+, Biopic.
Written by: Yves Robert, Louis Nucéra, Jérôme Tonnerre.
Based on the Book by: Marcel Pagnol.
Directed by: Yves Robert .
Starring: Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard, Joris Molinas, Victorien Delamare, Pierre Maguelon, Paul crochet.
4 César Awards Nominations 1991.
In French with English subtitles.
A Film Movement release. |
Based on the bestselling memoirs of French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol (the acclaimed author of Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring), My Father’s Glory and its sequel My Mother’s Castle recount the nostalgic memories of Pagnol’s youth growing up in Provence at the turn of the twentieth century. During one idyllic summer, 11-year-old Marcel (Julien Ciamaca) discovers friendship and wonder amid the rocky peaks surrounding his family’s countryside home while learning new respect for his gentle and caring schoolmaster father Joseph (Philippe Caubère). Upon his return to Marseilles, Marcel longs to escape back to his beloved hills and is granted his wish when his adoring mother Augustine (Nathalie Roussel). devises a plan that allows them to visit the cottage more frequently.