French actor Daniel Auteuil builds on his first film adapting Pagnol’s Marseilles trilogy, turning the port-side drama into the romance we know from the Leslie Caron-starring 1961 version we showed a few days ago. Fruitful to contrast old Hollywood conventions with those of new international cinema!

We just brought you a 1961 Hollywood version of one of Marcel Pagnol’s great Marseilles trilogy—now we jump forward nearly 50 years and across the pond for award-winning actor Daniel Auteuil (Caché) doing double duty in front and behind the camera for the first part in a new adaptation.

Something colorful, sunny and touching for your Christmas! A Leslie Caron charmer from the final (dying) days of the Hollywood studios, this adaptation of the second of Marcel Pagnol’s famous Marseilles trilogy of course co-stars Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer. A romance shot on location.