A MAGNIFICENT LIFE

MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL

By Sylvain CHOMET

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Biography - Completed 2025

Four-Time Academy Award® Nominee Sylvain Chomet brings to the screen the legendary life of novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, in a vintage, burlesque and inventive tale.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2025
Special Screening
    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Biography, Animation
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Director(s)
    • Sylvain CHOMET
    • Producer(s)
    • - - (WHAT THE PROD), - - (MEDIAWAN KIDS & FAMILY CINEMA), - - (BIDIBUL PRODUCTIONS), - - (WALKING THE DOG)
    • Synopsis
    • At the height of his fame, Marcel Pagnol is commissioned by the editor-in-chief of a major women’s magazine to write a literary serial, in which he is free to recount his childhood, his beloved Provence, his first loves…
      As he pens the opening pages, the child he once was— little Marcel—suddenly appears before him. And so, memory awakens, word by word: the arrival of talking pictures, the creation of the first great film studio, his deep bond with actors, the discovery of writing.
      The greatest storyteller of all time becomes the hero of
      his own tale.