Release date7 September 1938 Based onBlue Boy by Jean Giono CastRaimu (Aimable Castanier, le boulanger), Ginette Leclerc (Aurélie, la femme du boulanger), Charles Moulin (Dominique, le berger), Fernand Charpin (le marquis Castan de Venelles), Robert Vattier (le curé), Alida Rouffe (Céleste, la bonne du curé) Similar moviesRelated Marcel Pagnol movies
The baker s wife 1938 la femme du boulanger click cc for english subs
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.
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
