The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (2025)
October 15, 2025Release Date

The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (2025)
October 15, 2025Release Date
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Plot.
A modern fable, the animated biopic will chart the epic life of Pagnol, a celebrated French novelist, playwright and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world’s most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. Throughout his long career, Pagnol’s books were translated into more than 50 languages and sold more than 150 million units. Pagnol also built his own studio and distribution company, pioneering talking pictures and helping shape the global cinema industry at the time. His movies, including his best-known Provence-set melodrama trilogy “Marius,” “Fanny” and “César,” reached more than 200 admissions worldwide.
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Cast & Crew.

Laurent Lafitte
Marcel Pagnol (Adult)

Géraldine Pailhas

Thierry Garcia

Noa Staes
Pagnol child

Olivia Gotanègre
Jacqueline Pagnol

Sophie Maréchal
Simone Pagnol

Martin Meersman
Pupil 1: class 1922

Lohen van Houtte
Pupil

Elodie Barthels
Passerby

Sylvain Chomet
Director / Screenplay

Luc Venries
First Assistant Camera

Sebastiàn Moradiellos
Casting

Marcel Pagnol
Novel

Ashargin Poiré
Producer

Valérie Puech
Producer

Aton Soumache
Producer

Anne-Laure Poulet
Production Coordinator

Grégory Lannoy
Sound

Elric Lefeuvre
Director of Photography

Adrian Politowski
Co-Producer

Pierre Truong Tan Trung
Second Assistant Director

Emilien Faroudja
Gaffer

Stanislas Etenaille
Best Boy Electric

Jeremy Bell
Best Boy Electric

Antonin Morel
Location Manager

Eric Goossens
Producer
Media.






Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 2025
Original NameMarcel et Monsieur Pagnol
StatusPost Production
Budget$15,000,000
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Wiki.
A Magnificent Life (French: Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol, lit. 'Marcel and Mr. Pagnol') is a upcoming French animated biography film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film's plot follows the life of 60-year old Marcel Pagnol, an acclaimed playwright and filmmaker.
The film will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and is set for an release in France on 15 October 2025.