THE BAKER’S WIFE

A film by Marcel Pagnol

Cast : Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Ginette Leclerc

1938 / drama / France / original title : LA FEMME DU BOULANGER / 133’ / Noir & blanc / status : completed / French / long feature-film / All Rights / French and International catalog

When the village baker refuses to bake bread because his unfaithful wife has run off with a handsome shepherd… The individual drama takes on a collective dimension, Raimu gives us a prodigious performance that made Orson Welles say he was the greatest actor in the world.

Press

“A true comedy and a delightful one”

The New York Times

“A wonderful hymn to Provence”

Télérama

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