Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

TxMike There is something about Leslie Caron. I was an instant fan when I saw her older movies, and I remained a fan with her newer movies. She is best known for her sweetness and her dancing, but mostly overlooked is that she is a fine dramatic and comedic actress also.Here Leslie Caron is Fanny, still a teenager as the movie begins, even though she was almost 30 during filming. She lives in a close-knit fishing area on the Marseilles harbor. Also there is Horst Buchholz, in his late 20s during filming, as teenager Marius. They grew up together and there is some affection between them, but we don't really know how much. Maurice Chevalier, already in his 70s, is local raconteur Panisse who operates his small business. A widower, he has no children, but has saved the letters "& SON" for the front of the building, still hoping one day he will have a son. He is sweet on Fanny, in spite of their great age difference, but no one takes that too seriously.Marius has wanderlust for the sea, he wants to sail and see the world while he is young. |Fanny doesn't want him to go, but she cares for him and wants him to be happy, so encourages him. Much later we find out she didn't really want him to go. They have a one-night fling of passion and, after Marius is gone, Fanny finds out she is with child. To save face for everyone, Fanny decides to marry Panisse, and even though all the close friends realize the biological father is Marius, Panisse is proud to call the boy his son. Fanny is a faithful wife, although we eventually find out their marriage is only one of convenience. A fine 1960s romantic drama with several big stars of that period. Highly recommended. Watched on Netflix streaming movies.SPOILERS: Around the time the boy turned 1 Marius returned to the area. He had a brief encounter with Fanny, they both professed love for each other but did the right thing and afterwards stayed away from each other. Fanny, Panisse, and their son became a very nice family life together. When the boy was about 10 or so Marius re-entered the picture, Panisse realized how much he and Fanny loved each other, and how well the boy got along with Marius, he had a letter of "proposal" written, for Marius to marry Fanny when Panisse died, which appeared to be very soon.

calvinnme This is one of the sweetest movies I've ever seen. When I say the movie is sweet, it manages to do so without being cheesy. Leslie Caron is in the title role as a young woman who finds herself pregnant after consummating her relationship with Marius, a young man who has a lust to travel and hates being tied down. The next day he leaves for the long sea journey that he's longed for since childhood. When Fanny learns of her condition, she accepts a proposal from the elderly Panisse (Maurice Chevalier) and he gives all of his love and acceptance to both her and her child. Marius returns after the child is born, never having known until he returns that he is a father. He wants Fanny back, and he and Panisse square off in a showdown over both Fanny and her child. However, Fanny has something to say about this too. It's a great film about love, responsibility, selfishness, and the root of true happiness.It is my favorite Leslie Caron movie and a great role for Chevalier in his later years. After having just recently seen the Ernst Lubitsch musicals Chevalier starred in thirty years before, I have to say he may have grayed but he never lost that essential indescribable charm he had in his youth.

bandw This story of a young Frenchman, Marius, who makes an anguished decision to pursue his personal passion for sailing the open seas at the expense of foregoing the love of the beautiful Fanny (Leslie Caron) would have played well as a straight drama, but it is undermined by scenes hardly worthy of a situation comedy. This is unfortunate since there are quality actors on board and some truly dramatic scenes.Consider the game that the older folks play while sitting outside Marius' father's bar. They set out a large rock and cover it with a hat and wait for passersby to kick it. For one thing I don't think it is a normal reaction to want to kick a hat that is sitting alone on a busy sidewalk. Secondly, serious injury could result if someone were so inclined to kick it. The poor priest who took the bait is seen limping off after his experience - I felt sorry for him and irritated with the perpetrators who found this so humorous. It is astonishing how many things are wrong with that scene, but the main problem is that it sets an inappropriate tone for what is to come. This low tone is continued in the scene where the seventy-year-old Maurice Chevallier puts the moves on the young Caron provoking a melodramatic response of jealousy in Marius - that scene indeed could come right out of a situation comedy, as could so many others. In spite of the significant themes that are to come we get the feeling that nothing serious is really going on here.We very quickly arrive at the crucial scene where Marius decides to sign on to a seagoing scientific ship for a five year tour. This just after he and Fanny have consummated their love on the previous night. This key scene is poorly motivated - we have little appreciation for Marius' passion for the sea and a minimal understanding of the relationship between Marius and Fanny. There might as well just have been a voice-over saying that Marius loved both the sea and Fanny.There are many plot inconsistencies. In one of the final scenes Marius is called on an emergency mission while at work as a grease monkey. He arrives dressed in a suit.Meaningful themes are dealt with such as the relationships between parents and children, conflicting desires, difficult decisions, pragmatism versus passion, friendship, failure to communicate, and sacrifice. Great material whose potential is only occasionally realized.The filming is quite beautiful. There is one scene that lingers in the mind that has the young lovers embracing in an alleyway lighted by an amber street-lamp. The Marseille setting is used to great effect and probably has accounted for some increased tourism.Leslie Caron alone makes this worth the time and it *is* fun to see Charles Boyer and Maurice Chevalier play off each other. Horst Bucholz was a handsome young man - quite a shock to see him thirty-six years later in "Life is Beautiful." No one escapes the effects of aging.

tz227 I saw 'Fanny', for the first time, in a theater in 1962 and have never been disappointed on any of the scores of times viewing it since. The acting of the entire crew is their best, in my opinion. The casting could not have been better and the scenery... magnificent!! I now own the 1930's version of the trilogy and haven't watched it (don't want to spoil the 1961 version). The story is about a young couple, growing up in a seaport in France, and fall in love. The boy, Marius, also loves the sea and when a sailing ship comes in, he leaves for the 'islands beneath the wind'. after being gone for five years, he returns to visit his father, and what he finds changes his life. A must see.