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The second part of Yves Robert's filming of Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs completes the narrative so casually begun in My Father's Glory--and fulfills a radiant journey we hadn't even realized we'd embarked on. Marcel is approaching his teens and acquiring a more coherent sense of the world. Accordingly, My Mother's Castle boasts a more concentrated style and unspools its story over (mostly) the space of one year, as opposed to a dozen. Whereas in the first film Robert had worked entirely with little-known players who simply became Marcel's family, here he calls upon screen veterans Jean Rochefort, Jean Carmet, and Georges Wilson to flesh out sharply ironical figures who loom challengingly on the young man's horizon. Consistent with Pagnol's emphasis on Provençal locations, the focal event of the film becomes the weekly walk the Marseilles-based family makes from the trolley station to their remote country cottage--a quintessentially mundane ritual that comes to be fraught with wonder, delight, and terror. It all leads to a payoff that opens the meaning of the title only as the film is reaching its transcendent conclusion. --Richard T. Jameson
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Yves Robert |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | September, 1991 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Foreign Film - French, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], International, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616880642 |
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My Mother's Castle: a review For anyone who knows the intoxicating atmosphere of Provence in France, but does not have the privilege of living there, this film is a delightful escape to that brilliant landscape set at the end of a gentler and more decorous age, already tainted by the horrors of the twentieth century. A must-see if,like me, you wish to escape the horrors of twenty-first century cinema.
The Epitomy of Beauty
This movie was wonderful! Although I recommend getting the first movie, Le Gloir de mon pere, it is still great by itself. The overall work, scenery, acting, everything was wonderful! The storyline was fantastic although a bit tragic.
purest delight
magical, timeless and delightful - I have seen this film many times and recommend it highly.