My Father's Glory (1990)
"La gloire de mon père" (original title)

A young boy's life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father, as well as the success of his arrogant Uncle Jules. Marcel and family spend their ... See full summary »

Director:

Yves Robert

Writers:

Louis Nucéra, Marcel Pagnol (novel),

Stars:

Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Philippe Caubère	...	Joseph Pagnol
Nathalie Roussel	...	Augustine
Didier Pain	...	Oncle Jules
Thérèse Liotard	...	Tante Rose
Julien Ciamaca	...	Marcel à 11 ans
Victorien Delamare	...	Paul
Joris Molinas	...	Lili des Bellons
Benoît Martin	...	Marcel petit
Paul Crauchet	...	Edmond des Papillons
Pierre Maguelon	...	François
Michel Modo	...	le facteur
Jean Rougerie	...	Bergougnas, le brocanteur
Jean-Pierre Darras	...	Récitant (La voix de Marcel) / Narrator (voice)
Victor Garrivier	...	le curé de la Treille
Raoul Curet	...	Monsieur Vincent

Storyline

A young boy's life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father, as well as the success of his arrogant Uncle Jules. Marcel and family spend their summer vacation in a cottage in Provence, and Marcel befriends a local boy who teaches him the secrets of the hills in Provence.

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Plot Keywords:

provence | hill | summer | turn of the century | teacher | 

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Taglines:

A childhood in Provence.

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French Occitan

Release Date:

August 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Father's Glory

Filming Locations:

Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Box Office

Gross:

$1,710,856 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont, Gaumont Production, Les Productions de la Guéville

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'La Gloire de mon père', published in France in 1957, is the first volume of four autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol. The second volume, 'Le château de ma mere', was published in 1958. In the novels, Marcel's meeting Lili takes place in volume two, as does Marcel's decision to stay at Provence as a hermit. The two novels were translated into English and published by Doubleday (in the U.S) as a single book in 1960 under the title 'The Days Were Too Short', This translation was reprinted by North Point Press as a single book titled 'My Father's Glory / and / My Mother's Castle' in 1986.

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Goofs

On the family's holiday, each time that it is raining the sky is bright and without a cloud (except the scene with the storm).

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Quotes

Augustine: You need your gun to go shopping?
Joseph Pagnol: You never know.

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Connections

Followed by My Mother's Castle (1990)

User Reviews

Just beautiful!

This film is simply beautiful. Loaded with emotion. Marcel Pagnol's story as a kid growing up in Southern France.

This is a film I saw for the first time about 10 years ago. 10 years later, I enjoyed it even more. Yves Robert makes you care for characters. Philippe Caubère is brilliant as the father, who's a teacher. The truly beautiful Nathalie Roussel: the caring mother and wife. Young Julien Ciamaca gives a strong performance as Marcel. And what about Didier Pain: I just love his way of playing Oncle Jules.

Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of this movie is to make you travel to this part of the world, to make you feel that you're there when the story unfolds.

87/100 (***½)

Seen at home, in Toronto, on June 16th, 2002.