Fanny (1961)

Directed by

Joshua Logan

Genre

drama film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

16

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from Marseille is torn between his love for a woman and his desire to see the world. After he leaves, the woman discovers she is pregnant and must make a difficult choice about her future.

romanticmelancholicbittersweetgentlesentimentalslow-burnemotionalwistful

What happens

Fanny is a 1961 American Technicolor romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein is based on the book for the 1954 stage musical of the same title by Logan and S.N. Behrman, which in turn had been adapted from Marcel Pagnol's trilogy. Pagnol wrote two plays, Marius (1929) and Fanny (1931) and completed the trilogy by writing and directing a film, César, in 1936. Previously, Marius (1931) and Fanny (1932) had also been produced as films. The film deleted all the songs from Fanny, the stage musical, but the music by Harold Rome served as the underscore for the soundtrack, and the title tune is used as the main title theme. It was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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