Angèle is a 1934 French drama film directed, produced and written by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Orane Demazis as a naive young woman who is seduced and abandoned. It is based on the novel Un de Baumugnes by Jean Giono.
Acting
Orane Demazis' devastating innocence; Fernandel before he became comic relief.
Direction
Pagnol's unflinching gaze at peasant life without romanticizing poverty.
Director
Marcel Pagnol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pagnol's 'Marseille trilogy' cast reunites here, with Demazis playing essentially Fanny's darker twin. This was Giono's bleakest novel, and Pagnol didn't soften it.
The 145-minute runtime was studio-mandated; Pagnol preferred longer cuts. That prison sequence was originally even more harrowing.
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