The Baker's Wife (film)
- Raimu: Aimable Castanier
- Ginette Leclerc: Aurélie Castanier
- Fernand Charpin: Marquis de Castan Venelles
- Charles Moulin: Dominique, the shepherd
- Robert Vattier: village priest
- Charles Blavette: Antonin
- Robert Bassac: Primary school teacher
- Marcel Maupi: Barnabé
- Alida Rouffe: Céleste
- Odette Roger: Miette
- Yvette Fournier: Hermione
- Maximilienne: Melle Angèle
- Charblay: the butcher
- Julien Maffre: Pétugue
- Adrien Legros: Barthelemy
- Jean Castan: Esprit
The Baker's Wife ( Alternative title: Des other woman, the baker and his wife ) is a French film from 1938 by Marcel Pagnol. The comedy is based on the novel of the dreamer Jean (Jean le Bleu ) by Jean Giono, who was also the template for the American musical The Baker 's Wife.
Content
A small village in the mountains of Provence is electrified. There is finally a bakery - the kind-hearted Aimable ( Raimu ) ( aimable is French for " adorable "). His much younger and pretty woman Aurélie ( Ginette LeClerc ) sold the bread.
On the very first day comes, the Marquis de Castan Venelles and ordered fresh baked goods. His shepherd Dominique, a young, handsome man, is to take the goods later. From the first contact you can feel the force of attraction between Aurélie and Dominique. Finally, the two burn through and Aimable remains completely desperate.
Initially, the villagers react even with glee. But as the baker will bake again until he has his beloved Aurélie again, gets the village into a frenzy. No more bread?
The residents come to his house, to back it up, so he bakes bread again. But Aimable is so depressed that he can not bring himself to do so. Under a pretext, he disappears into the basement. When he does not return questionable long, looks his visit to him and finds him in the cellar, as he just tried to hang himself. Immediately jump two villagers to the legs of the baker, so that it can no longer hang while the others pull him back out of the loop.
The village now decides to take matters into their own hands and sets out to search for the burnt- lovers. For great is the fear that otherwise get no more bread. Even the Marquis support the large-scale manhunt. Soon the shepherd, and the baker's wife are nabbed. The shepherd is taken away by the Marquis, while the baker's wife is brought to the village priest, and he shall speak their conscience. She is finally ready to return to her husband, but would like this to wait for the nightfall, in order not to return under the eyes of the villagers have.
When she comes home, Aimable has set the table for supper and baked a loaf of bread in a heart shape. Aurelie has a bad conscience, but Aimable acts as if nothing had happened. When finally returns often stray tomcat of the two, Aimable scolds the cat out whether his behavior. Aurélie understands that it actually is meant by this, and bursts into tears, whereupon it is comforted by Aimable.
Reviews
The lexicon of the International film describes The Baker's Wife follows: "Outstanding busy movie with a lot of slapstick and dialogue mocking joke. The frivolous cynical comedy deserves a geschliffenere synchronization. "
Locations
- Le Castellet, Var, France (Le Portalet, Place des Ormeaux, Rue de la Congregation of, Terrace d' Au Roy d' Ys)
- Presqu'ile de Giens, Hyères, Var, France
- Studios Marcel Pagnol, Marseille, Bouches -du -Rhône, France
Prices
- National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign film ( Best Foreign film ) ( 1940)
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language film ( Best Foreign Language Film ) ( 1940)