Merlusse (1935)
- Directed by
- Marcel Pagnol
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A strict schoolteacher known as Merlusse is assigned to supervise a group of boys over Christmas break. The kids resist him at first but gradually grow to understand him.
bittersweetpoignantgentlewarmclassroomnostalgiccharacter-driven
What happens
Merlusse is a 1935 French comedy drama film written and directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Henri Poupon, André Pollack and Annie Toinon. It was shot at the Lycée Thiers in Marseille, which Pagnol had himself once attended. It should not be confused with the Merlusse fairy, a depiction of Melusine in the Vosges (France). The film was remade in 2023 by the American director Alexander Payne as The Holdovers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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