The Baker's Wife Movie Review 1933

There's a new baker in town, and he brings with him to the small French village an array of tantalizing breads, as well as a discontented wife. When she runs off with a shepherd, her loyal and naive husband refuses to acknowledge her infidelity; however, in his loneliness, the baker can't bake, so the townspeople scheme to bring his wife back. Panned as overly cute Marcel Pagnol peasant glorification, and hailed as a visual poem full of wit; you decide. In French with subtitles. Also available for French students without subtitles; a French script booklet is also available.

Distribution

Tapeworm Video Distributors, 27833 Hopkins Ave., Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-4904, Fax: (661)257-4820, Email: sales@tapeworm.com, URL: http://www.tapeworm.com

Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Books to Film: Marcel Pagnol

Screenplay

Marcel Pagnol

Cast

Raimu, Ginette LeClerc, Charles Moulton, Charpin, Robert Vattier

Cinematography

Georges Benoit

Director

Marcel Pagnol

Music

Vincent Scotto

Producer

Hakim Brothers

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1940: Foreign Film.