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The only film in the trilogy written expressly for the screen and directed by Pagnol, CÉSAR resolves the protagonists' star-crossed destinies with the garrulous wit and understated naturalism that have made this epic love story a landmark of humanist filmmaking.
- Shawshank Redemption: Based on a short story by Stephen King, Shawshank Redemption tells the tale of Andy Dufresne, a successful young banker imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit.
- The Crucible: The adaptation of Arthur Miller’s famous McCarthy-era play of the same title recounts a small town’s journey into the Salem witch trials, where religion, power, and coercion swell into a frenzied and tragic fever pitch.
- Inherit the Wind: Written in response to the McCarthy hearings, Inherit the Wind in based on the court transcript of 1925’s famous “Scope monkey trials.”
- Jesus Camp: This harrowing documentary explores the inner workings of an Evangelical Christian day camp in the Midwest. The staff, the ministers, the parents, and their children are shadowed by a film crew as the youth-oriented Evangelical machine is revealed.
Mar 14, 2016 · Here are a few more choices of great humanist films from a variety of sources: Film critic Marty Mapes compiled a list for MovieHabit.com on February 12, 2002, of scientific, skeptic, atheist, or humanist movies “appropriate for a quiet little Darwin Day celebration.” Describing the 1997 film Contact, Mapes writes:
French. César is a 1936 French film, written and directed by Marcel Pagnol. It is the final part of his Marseille trilogy, which began with the film Marius and was followed by Fanny. Unlike the other two films in the trilogy, César was not based on a play by Pagnol, but written directly as a film script. In 1946 Pagnol adapted the script as a ...
The only film in the trilogy written expressly for the screen and directed by Pagnol, César resolves the protagonists’ star-crossed destinies with the garrulous wit and understated naturalism that have made this epic love story a landmark of humanist filmmaking.
Cesar, on the other hand, wants the child to be recognized as the offspring of Marius. Matters are complicated when, several months later, Marius returns. In Cesar (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1936), we meet up again with the characters twenty years later. When Panisse dies, the son Cesariot--now a young man--discovers the truth about his real father ...
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Jun 20, 2017 · The only film in the trilogy written expressly for the screen and directed by Pagnol, César resolves the protagonists’ star-crossed destinies with the garrulous wit and understated naturalism that have made this epic love story a landmark of humanist filmmaking.
