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Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that explores the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection. In this episode, they discuss The Marseille Trilogy, which contains Marius, Fanny, and César.In the 1930s, Marcel Pagnol, a leading light of the Paris theater, set out for new horizons as a filmmaker in his native Provence. His early masterpieces Marius, Fanny, and César mix theatrical stagecraft with realistic location photography to create an epic love story from the fabric of everyday life. Gruff, sentimental César (music-hall star Raimu) owns a waterfront bar in the Old Port of Marseille where his son, Marius (Pierre Fresnay), wipes down tables and dreams of a life at sea. The prosperous, middle-aged sailmaker Panisse (Fernand Charpin) wants to wed Marius’s sweetheart, Fanny (Orane Demazis), setting up a fateful romantic triangle whose story unfolds across a generation in the films of The Marseille Trilogy, which first earned Pagnol his place in cinema history. “If Pagnol is not the greatest auteur of the sound film,” critic André Bazin wrote, “he is in any case something akin to its genius.”Episode LinksThe Marseille Trilogy – The Criterion CollectionMarius (1931)Fanny (1932)César (1936)Trevor’s ReviewFilm CommentSlant Magazine ReviewMarcel Pagnol — WikipediaA half-hour walk from Notre Dame Cathedral to the Old PortEpisode CreditsTrevor Berrett (Twitter/Website)David Blakeslee (Twitter/Website) The Marseille Trilogy (Marius / Fanny / César) (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] The Marseille Trilogy (Marius / Fanny / César) (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] $52.96 $99.95 in stock 6 new from $52.96 3 used from $44.98 as of January 29, 2022 8:50 pm Check it out Amazon.com The Marseille Trilogy (Marius, Fanny, Cesar) (Criterion Collection) The Marseille Trilogy (Marius, Fanny, Cesar) (Criterion Collection) $74.65 $99.95 in stock Check it out Deepdiscount.com The Marseille Trilogy: Marius/Fanny/Cesar [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [3 Discs] The Marseille Trilogy: Marius/Fanny/Cesar [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [3 Discs] $79.99 Check it out Bestbuy.com The Marseille Trilogy: Marius / Fanny / Cesar (Blu-ray) The Marseille Trilogy: Marius / Fanny / Cesar (Blu-ray) $79.99 in stock Check it out Target.com The Marseille Trilogy: Marius / Fanny / Cesar (Blu-ray) The Marseille Trilogy: Marius / Fanny / Cesar (Blu-ray) $62.64 out of stock Check it out Walmart.com