Magnificent Life
A gorgeously designed and animated film
A Magnificent Life
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE is the newest animated film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sylvain Chomet (THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE). It follows the life of Marcel Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930s to the 1950s.
In 1955, Marcel Pagnol, over sixty, had just ended a prolific film career to return to his childhood love, the theatre. But when his last two plays are resounding failures, he is begins to doubt the public's interest in his work, and thinks it might be time to make way for the younger generation.
During a friendly dinner, the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions him to write a weekly literary serial about his childhood, his Provence, his first loves. A few days later, when the ELLE messenger come to ask him for the pages at the beginning of his story, Pagnol rushes to write them, realizing that his childhood memories are starting to escape him.
In 1955, Marcel Pagnol, over sixty, had just ended a prolific film career to return to his childhood love, the theatre. But when his last two plays are resounding failures, he is begins to doubt the public's interest in his work, and thinks it might be time to make way for the younger generation.
During a friendly dinner, the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions him to write a weekly literary serial about his childhood, his Provence, his first loves. A few days later, when the ELLE messenger come to ask him for the pages at the beginning of his story, Pagnol rushes to write them, realizing that his childhood memories are starting to escape him.
Genre
Animated,
Bio-pic,
Documentary,
Art & Artists,
Films & Filmmakers
Web Site
Runtime
91
Language
English,
French
Director
Sylvain Chomet
Producer
Aton Soumache,
Ashargin Poire,
Valérie Puech,
Lilian Eche
Writer(s)
Sylvain Chomet
Cast
Matthew Gravelle
Opening at
Monica Film Center on Mar 27th
Town Center 5 on Mar 27th
Glendale on Mar 27th
Tasveer Film Center on Mar 27th
Played at
Royal 11.21.25 - 11.27.25
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