The Baker's Wife (film)

The Baker's Wife
Directed by	Marcel Pagnol
Produced by	Charles Pons
Screenplay by	Marcel Pagnol
Based on	Blue Boy by Jean Giono
Starring	Raimu Ginette Leclerc Fernand Charpin
Music by	Vincent Scotto
Cinematography	Georges Benoît
Edited by	Suzanne de Troeye
Release dates	7 September 1938 (1938-09-07)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Baker's Wife (French: La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol. It is based on the novel Blue Boy by French author Jean Giono and became the basis of the American musical The Baker's Wife.

Plot

The peacefulness of a village is shattered when the wife of the local baker runs off with a handsome shepherd. In his despair, the baker becomes heartbroken and no longer bakes bread. The villages organize forces to bring the wife back to her husband, and back to their daily bread.

Cast

• Raimu as Aimable Castanier
• Ginette Leclerc as Aurélie Castanier
• Fernand Charpin as Le marquis Castan de Venelles
• Robert Vattier as Le Curé
• Charles Blavette as Antonin
• Robert Bassac as L'instituteur
• Marcel Maupi as Barnabé
• Alida Rouffe as Céleste
• Odette Roger as Miette
• Yvette Fournier as Hermine
• Maximilienne as Melle Angèle
• Charblay as Le boucher
• Julien Maffre as Pétugue
• Adrien Legros as Barthelemy
• Jean Castan as Esprit

Awards

• National Board of Review Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1940), Best Foreign Film

External links

• The Baker's Wife at the Internet Movie Database
• The Baker's Wife at AllMovie