Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
- parent child relationship
- provence
- southern france
- biography
- teacher
- rural area
- summer
- based on memoir or autobiography
- marcel pagnol
- hill
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Philippe Caubère
Joseph Pagnol
Nathalie Roussel
Augustine Pagnol
Didier Pain
Uncle Jules
Thérèse Liotard
Aunt Rose
- Julien Ciamaca — Marcel Pagnol, 11 years old
- Victorien Delamare — Paul Pagnol, 5 years old
- Joris Molinas — Lili des Bellons
- Benoit Martin — Marcel Pagnol, 5 years old
- Paul Crauchet — Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
- Pierre Maguelon — François, father of Lili
- Michel Modo — Postman
- Jean Rougerie — Bergougnas, secondhand dealer
- Victor Garrivier — Priest of la Treille
- Raoul Curet — Mr. Vincent
- Annick Danis — Maid
- Directed
- Yves Robert
- Written
- Louis Nucéra, Yves Robert, Jérôme Tonnerre
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 337 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, TF1 Films Production, CNC
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
