The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (2025)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 15, 2025Release Date

The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (2025)
1h 30m
Running Time
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

Flora Montgomery

Matthew Gravelle

Sylvain Chomet
Director / Screenplay / Storyboard Artist

Sebastiàn Moradiellos
Casting

Luc Venries
First Assistant Camera

Marcel Pagnol
Novel

Ashargin Poiré
Producer

Anne-Laure Poulet
Production Coordinator

Aton Soumache
Producer

Valérie Puech
Producer

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 / Co-Producer

Fabrice Delville
Co-Producer

Lilian Eche
Co-Producer

Samuel Feller
Co-Producer

Christel Henon
Associate Producer

Jean Baptiste Lère
Line Producer

Carine Karsenti
Line Producer

Jean-Yves Patay
Associate Producer

Anton Roebben
Co-Producer

Geoffroy T'Serstevens
Co-Producer

Stefano Bollani
Original Music Composer

Samuel Denou
Editor

Mario Houles
Editor

Julie Salon
Editor

Frédérique Liebault
Casting

David Belugou
Costume Designer

Lara Bellini
Production Manager

Fatima Hannat
Production Manager

Morgane Le Gallic
Post-Production Manager

Anna Leterq
Production Manager

Yael Ozsinay
Production Manager

Thomas Ollier
Head of Production

Dan Tamiri
Production Manager

Mathieu Danielo
First Assistant Director

Thierry Boutry
First Assistant Director

Marine Follonier
Second Assistant Director

Hugo Marchand
Assistant Director

Franck Le Blond
First Assistant Director

Sébastien Morin
Set Supervisor

Xavier Drouault
Foley Artist

Kévin Feildel
Sound Editor

Pascal Jasmes
Sound

Ken Nnganyadi
Foley Mixer

Grégory Noël
Boom Operator

Sander Van Woensel
Digital Compositor

Ben Van den Berghe
Digital Compositor

Roy Terium
Digital Compositor

Sylvain Glineur
Digital Compositor

Mante Declercq
Digital Compositor

Antoine Labadie
Lighting Technician

Agathe Cornillon
Electrician

Thaïs Play David
Lighting Technician

Cédric Culnaërt
Music Editor

Vincent Fernandel

Jess Nesling
Media.






Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 2025
Original NameMarcel et Monsieur Pagnol
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Budget$15,000,000
Genres
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Wiki.
A Magnificent Life (French: Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol, lit. 'Marcel and Mr. Pagnol') is an upcoming French animated biography film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film will follow the life of 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol, an acclaimed playwright, novelist and filmmaker, who is visited by a vision of his childhood self.
The film will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2025 and is set for an release in France on 15 October 2025.