fanny wse
fanny was adapted from the broadway musical of the same name which in turn was based on the final chapter of marcel pagnol s marseilles trilogy . pagnols original titled cesar ends with protagonist marius returning to the sea leaving behind his lover fanny and their son . expanding upon the original fanny picks up the narrative nine years later . marius horst buchholtz finally meets his son and is reunited with fanny leslie caron . she tells him that panisse maurice chevalier the elderly suitor who married fanny to save her from disgrace is dying . on the verge of shuffling off his mortal coil panisse gives fanny and marius his blessings hoping that theyll marry at long last . charles boyer co stars as cesar the philosophical gent portrayed in the 1930s film versions of the pagnol trilogy by the great raimu . fanny goes its merry way without any of the songs in the original broadway score despite the proven musical talents of caron and chevalier . producer director joshua logan saved himself plenty of embarrassment when he agreed not to release this film as i joshua logans fanny i . hal erickson all movie guide .