The Baker's Wife (1938)
- Original title
- La Femme du boulanger
- Directed by
- Marcel Pagnol
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 100 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A new baker in a small Provencal village stops baking when his wife runs away with a handsome shepherd. So the villagers, who want their bread again, work together to bring her back.
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What happens
The Baker's Wife (French: La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French comedic drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol and featuring an ensemble cast led by Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, and Fernand Charpin. It was adapted by Pagnol from an episode of French author Jean Giono's 1932 novel Blue Boy. In the film, the new baker in a Provençal village loses the will to bake after his wife runs off with a handsome shepherd, so, to regain their daily bread, the feuding villagers agree to put aside their bickering and work together to bring back the baker's wife. The film was the basis of the American musical of the same name, which was first produced in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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