Fanny
ComedyDramahusband wife relationshipsexual obsessionplatonic lovemoral conflictlovepregnant womanselfishnessolder husbandego in lovetragicomedymaternal lovepregnant without husband
A morally complex tragicomedy about a pregnant woman's sacrifice of romantic love for maternal security, caught between desire, duty, and social survival.
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.
Essence
Ensemble
Orane Demazis
Fanny Cabanis Panisse
Raimu
César Olivier
Fernand Charpin
Honoré Panisse
Alida Rouffe
Honorine Cabanis
Auguste Mouriès
Félix Escartefigue, ferry captain
Marcel Maupi
Innocent Mangiapan, ferry crewman
Robert Vattier
Monsieur Brun
Milly Mathis
Claudine Foulon
Pierre Fresnay
Marius Olivier
Odette Roger
Fortunette
Louis Boulle
Elzear Panisse
Édouard Delmont
Dr. Felicien Venelle (uncredited)
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