Fernand Charpin – MRQE

Balthazar

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Following a slight accident, a stranger appears in a Provençal village and knocks at the door of the Philippes’villa, asking them for help. Albert Philippe is suspicious but his wife shows some interest in the man. After leaving the Philippe family, the unknown man goes to the village, meets the mayor and buys an island opposite the Philippe villa. It suddenly appears that the mysterious fellow is none other than Balthazar Lemonnier, a well-known millionaire. No sooner is the news disclosed than everybody, including the initially distrustful Mr. Philippe, wants to become his friend.

La Fille du puisatier

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A rural maiden’s two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

César

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Césariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of César, Césariot’s godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad’s mother. Dissembling that he’s off to see a friend, Césariot then seeks Marius, now a mechanic in Toulon. Posing as a journalist, Césariot spends time with Marius and leaves believing tales he is a petty thief. Only after the truth comes out can Marius, Fanny, César, and Césariot step beyond the falsehoods, benign though they may be.

Fanny

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Picking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fannys grief after Mariuss departureand her realization that shes pregnant. Panisse continues courting her and embraces the babys impending arrival as a gift, so long as its paternity remains a secret. Fanny and Panisse wed, but after her babys birth, Marius returns unexpectedly and demands what he believes is still his.

Marius

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

César runs a bar along Marseilles’ port, assisted by his 23 year old son, Marius. Colorful characters abound: M. Panisse, an aging widower and prosperous sail maker; Honorine, a fishmonger with a sidewalk stall near the bar; her daughter, Fanny, who helps her sell cockles just outside the bar; and various old salts. Friends since childhood, Fanny and Marius love each other, but Marius has a secret wanderlust: every ship’s whistle stirs a longing for foreign lands. When M. Panisse seeks Fanny’s hand in marriage and when a departing clipper needs a deckhand, Marius and Fanny must decide who and what they love most. César, with his generous, wise spirit, tries to guide his son.

Le Grand élan

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel’s uncle, whose business goes bad. Michel decides to participate in a ski competition to help uncle.

Otages, Les

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

At the beginning of World War I in a village in the country of La Marne, two families are against the marriage of their children. The war changes the positions.

Le Schpountz

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A pompous grocers assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the schpountz heads to Paris for his new career.

Pépé le Moko

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Pépé le Moko, one of France’s most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.

La Belle équipe

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.